Skunk Works plans slowdown to cut costs on X-33 stretchout

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works plans to slow work on the X-33 testbed for reusable launch vehicle (RLV) technology to hold down costs as the program schedule slips because of a composite bonding problem on one of the vehicle's lightweight tanks for liquid hydrogen fuel. Jerry Rising, Skunk Works vice...

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