Hughes sees long-term payoffs in Delta III investment
McDonnell Douglas' decision to develop a new rocket capable of launching payloads up to 8,400 pounds to geostationary transfer orbit was made possible by a commitment from a customer who wanted a new source of lift for one of its key payloads. But that customer wasn't the U.S. government, which has...
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