Linear aerospike in 80% test; X-33 tank fill coming up
NASA stepped up testing of the linear aerospike engine that will power the X-33 reusable launch vehicle prototype late Wednesday, running the inside-out rocket for five seconds at 80% thrust at Stennis Space Center, Miss. Meanwhile, engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center, Ala., are preparing...
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