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Metal tanks may delay X-33
Lockheed Martin may be forced to replace the composite propellant tanks of the X-33 technology demonstrator with aluminium tanks, delaying the first launch until 2002. The company is also investing a further $100 million in the programme, which should have seen a first launch last June.
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