REPORT OKS X-33 TESTS AT EDWARDS.(News) From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: June 28, 1997 | COPYRIGHT 1997 Daily News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Daily News Staff Writer

A NASA environmental study released Friday found no roadblocks to launching the 11,000-mph X-33 spacecraft prototype out of Edwards Air Force Base.

The Lockheed Martin ``Skunk Works'' craft's sonic booms will be comparable to the space shuttles'; building the launch site will require finding and moving 15 or 20 desert tortoises; and crash and explosion risks on the flights across the western United States ar...