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DC-X: the third element
The third element of NASA's re-usable-launch-vehicle initiative is the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) Delta Clipper - Experimental (DC-X), a single-stage vertical take-off and landing rocket. Flight testing of the DC-X was scheduled to resume in May following repairs to damage caused by a fuel-vapour explosion on the fifth flight, in June ...
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