BUMPY TAKEOFF

THE X-33 IS HEADED INTO TURBULENCE. The still-young industry/NASA project is being buffeted by conflicting demands that it be a classic X-plane program that tests risky new single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) technology, or that it be tied directly to development of a commercial reusable launch vehicle...

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