Hydrogen tank failure will delay X-33 program at least two more years
NASA's plans to fly the X-33 reusable launch vehicle testbed have slipped at least two years and probably more in the wake of last November's test-stand failure of the composite liquid hydrogen tank that was to have enabled single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) operations. Gene Austin, the agency's X-33...
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