Lockheed Martin and NASA Abandon SR-71 Aerospike Tests
NASA and Lockheed Martin have given up trying to test a Rocketdyne linear aerospike rocket engine carried on an SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft, after years of frustration with propellant and airflow leaks. The purpose of the linear aerospike SR-71 experiment (Lasre) was to measure the effects of a...
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