LEO failures, Shuttle investment seen as obstacles to new RLV

Failures of planned low-Earth orbit (LEO) communications satellite constellations like Iridium and ICO and the hefty sums already spent on NASA's Space Shuttle fleet are obstacles to development of a next-generation reusable launch vehicle (RLV) in the near future, according to a consultant who has...

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