NASA engineers eye hybrid external tank to cut Shuttle costs
Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center are studying a version of the big Space Shuttle external tank that would contain less of the hard-to-work aluminum lithium alloy than the new "super lightweight" tank as a way to cut Shuttle costs while still retaining some of the improved performance...
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