Payton says orbital X-33 will cost industry "hundreds of millions."
Industry teams developing Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) concepts for NASA may have to invest "hundreds of millions" of their own dollars if they decide the X-33 RLV prototype they propose will be able to go into orbit, according to the director of the RLV program at NASA headquarters. Gary E. Payton...
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