Software glitch halts linear aerospike test.

SOFTWARE PROBLEMS cut the 10th test of Boeing Rocketdyne's XRS-2200 linear aerospike engine short at Stennis Space Center last week, but "no significant damage" to the engine was reported. The engine ran for about 75 seconds in a planned 220-second test, meeting all objectives in the areas of...

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