No surprises in X-33 CDR; SR-71 flies with aerospike

NASA and contractor engineers on the X-33 reusable launch vehicle prototype program encountered no major surprises in a week-long critical design review at Edwards AFB, Calif., last week and appear to be on the road to fly in July 1999, according to Gene Austin, NASA's X-33 program manager. In a...

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