CONSORTIUM STUDIES
A nonprofit consortium is being formed to oversee development of ``MagLifter,'' an electromagnetic catapult that could accelerate reusable space launch vehicles to about 600 mph. before they exit the top of a 14,000-ft. mountain. Introduced last year by John C. Mankins of NASA's Advanced Concepts...
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