WATCH FOR X-34 to change names

NASA's John E. Mansfield staunchly defends the Orbital Sciences/Rockwell/NASA program to develop a small, mostly reusable launcher (AW&ST Apr. 3, p. 44). But he concedes it does not fit the experimental vehicle mold. ``It's not really an X program, and we're making a lot of people mad by calling it...

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