NASA plugging X-33 tank lessons into Second Generation RLV program

NASA is drawing on the lessons it has learned from the composite cryogenic fuel tank failure that stalled the X-33 reusable launch vehicle (RLV) program as it plans the development work for the "Second Generation RLV" underway at Marshall Space Flight Center here. Dan Dumbacher, manager of the...

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