Boeing completes second long-fall EELV engine drop test
Boeing engineers have twice demonstrated their concept for an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) by dropping a 20,000-pound propulsion module into the Gulf of Mexico from a helicopter, once at 4,700 feet and again Tuesday at 6,000 feet. The company said a spray shield designed to protect...
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