X-33 men: Gore and Goldin's new space shuttle is a bad idea whose time has come.(Vice-Pres. Al Gore, NASA Administrator Dan Goldin)

From: Washington Monthly | Date: December 1, 1996| Author: Carney, Dan | Copyright information

The X33 space vehicle is not likely to live up to NASA promises that it will become completely financed by the private sector, cut launch costs and create new industries. Like the space shuttle, the X33 has understated costs and overstated uses.

IT WOULD BE HARD TO IMAGINE A MEDIA opportunity better suited to Vice President Al Gore and NASA Administrator Dan Goldin than their recent visit to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. There was Gore, the administration...

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