DARPA XSP Role Underlined In Boeing-NASA Lightweight Tank Tests

XSP
The XSP, previously known as the XS-1, was aimed at accelerating technology for a reusable responsive space launcher.
Credit: DARPA
Boeing has confirmed that recent composite cryogenic tank tests that pave the way for future liquid-hydrogen-fueled aircraft used a reusable tank shell originally built as flight hardware for DARPA’s former Experimental Spaceplane Program (XSP). The tests, conducted at NASA Marshall Space Flight...

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