NASA sees flyback boosters for Shuttle costing $4.5 billion

NASA's latest cost estimate for a set of liquid fueled reusable boosters to replace the solid-fuel boosters that now carry the Space Shuttle through the thickest part of the atmosphere is $4.5 billion, well down from early estimates that have ranged as high as $12 billion but still a stretch for the...

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