NASA To Test Space Launch Concept Using Towed Glider
EDWARDS AFB, Calif. — NASA is preparing to flight test a scaled version of a towed-glider air-launch concept that it believes has the potential to “dramatically” reduce the cost of launching payloads into orbit. The idea is to leverage the additional lifting capacity of a towed, high-aspect-ratio...
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