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NASA's Latest Rockets: X-33

What will NASA rockets look like in the future? Today's announcement [ ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.g…] gave one indication. Today Vice- President Al Gore [ http://www.whitehou…] announced that the Lockheed Martin Corporation [ http://www.mmc.com/] will work with NASA to produce a reusable rocket with a remote pilot. Currently designated the X-33 [ http://rlv.msfc.nas…] program, the flight demonstration rocket design will utilize only a single stage, cost relatively little per launch, and be ready for re-launch within days. It is expected that an X-33 type rocket [ http://ic-www.arc.n…] will be in use by NASA by the the year 2000. Pictured above is an artistic depiction of the candidate vehicle.

Vehicle Analysis Branch [ http://vab02.larc.n…], LARC [ http://www.larc.nas…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]

Al Gore

Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)

Langley Research Center (LaRC)

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