Mach 25 Future-X will fly from Shuttle to test technologies

NASA managers hope to fly the Future-X orbital testbed aboard a Space Shuttle late in 2001 or early in 2002 to test reusable launch vehicle technologies that can't really get a workout on the X-33 and X-34 program, according to the vehicle's program manager. While X-33 will reach Mach 15, and X-34...

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