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Boeing to continue the development of a new Shuttle for Nasa

St Louis, Usa - X-37 will replace the today's Shuttle

Nasa has renewed the contract, for a value of USD 301m, to the Boeing in order to continue the development of spacecraft X-37 and for the conduction of the pertinent tests. The systems that are used at the moment for the space missions are weaker and more expensive to maintain, as the numerous disadvantages of the last times, as dealt with by AVIONEWS in the previous editions, demonstrate. The X-37,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 36539
Rome, Italy, 11/28/2002 17:26
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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