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Elias says the key to the X-34 is the partial reusability of the two-stage-to-orbit vehicle. By weight, only 6% of the X-34 will be thrown away on the expendable vehicle that will boost payloads to orbital speeds once the winged vehicle delivers them to space. "We have achieved the vast majority of...
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