Commercial Ambition Part of Darpa XS-1 Spaceplane Plan

Credit: Darpa
Darpa’s new competition to build and fly the XS-1 experimental spaceplane requires bidders to submit a plan to transition the reusable launch vehicle demonstrator to a commercial business model. XS-1 aims to demonstrate a reusable first-stage booster, with the goal of flying 10 times in 10 days and...

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