X-33 suborbital

NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to develop and test fly the unmanned sub-orbital flight test vehicle in 1999, which may lead to the development of a new manned/unmanned re-usable SSTO VentureStar launch vehicle (RLV) to replace Space Shuttle, capable of flying 18,000kg to LEO, starting in 2005. The new vehicle ...

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