Government Guarantees Vital to VentureStar
Lockheed Martin's winning X-33 bid envisions the U.S. government providing significant financial backing for the commercial launcher to follow--raising doubts about NASA's oft-stated hope that industry will finance the new vehicle on its own. NASA believes the nearly $1 billion it plans to pump into...
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