Studies show reusable booster feasible for Shuttle, alternative
NASA has concluded it would be possible to upgrade the Space Shuttle fleet by replacing the solid-fuel boosters in use today with twin liquid-fueled winged boosters that would fly back to the launch site for reuse, and to use such boosters singly for the first stage on a notional two-stage-to-orbit...
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