NASA eyes X-37 to test air-breathing rockets in lieu of DC-XB
Hamstrung by tight funds, NASA's reusable launch vehicle program is planning a new series of X-vehicles to flight test air-breathing rocket engines instead of trying to continue research started on the DC-XA single- stage-to-orbit prototype. Gary Payton, who heads the RLV effort at NASA headquarters...
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