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Fans of the DC-X were dismayed, then dejected. First, NASA selected Lockheed Martin's lifting body/glider design for the X-33, instead of the DC-X-inspired vertical lander that McDonnell Douglas proposed for a single-stage reusable rocket. Then, the DC-X itself collapsed and burst into flame (see p...
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