Tank damage makes X-33 flight next year unlikely
Damage to the starboard liquid hydrogen tank for the X-33 reusable launch vehicle testbed is so severe that repairing it will likely push the vehicle's first flight into 2001, according to sources who have seen the fractured composite structure in its test fixture at NASA's Marshall Space Flight...
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