Space Tourism May Ease Path to Low-Cost RLV Launches
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Expendable launch vehicles, despite their lower up-front development costs and unchallenged dominance in the global launch market, have not squelched the dreams of reusable launch vehicle (RLV) designers. Eleven commercial RLV programs were in development in 1998 and, although the number dropped off...
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