NASA plans maglev launch-assist tests on new demonstration track
Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center plan to use a newly installed 50-foot-long magnetic levitation track to study aerodynamics and other factors involved in using maglev to cut takeoff weight for space launch vehicles. PRT Advanced Maglev Systems Inc., Forest Park, Ill., has installed...
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