X-33 contractors said to favor smaller payloads

Contractors developing business plans for a next-century Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) are leaning toward smaller payloads than the 25,000 pounds to Space Station orbit contained in NASA's "cartoon" vehicle requirement, according to the head of the RLV program at agency headquarters. Gary E. Payton...

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