USAF Spacelift Study Points To Reusable Upper-Stage Preference

Newly declassified details of the analysis behind the U.S. Air Force’s decision to opt for a next-generation reusable booster system (RBS) reveal a long-term preference for a rocket-based combined-cycle upper-stage orbiter over the nearer-term expendable solution. The RBS plan is in development to...

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