TSR: Orphan RLVs

Posted on: Sep. 13th, 2004 || Source: thespacereview.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

Government-supported development of RLVs has all but died off in the last few years. Taylor Dinerman argues that while the business case for RLVs may be weak now, there are strong defense-related reasons to continue their development.

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