It seems the folks at Lockheed Martin are doing 1/5th scale tests on a new launch vehicle. The goal is to get to orbit faster and cheaper thanks to an automated reusable spacecraft run by its own computers and just a handful of people for a launch crew.
As is usual in aerospace research, the inaugural flight of Lockheed Martin’s spacecraft answered many questions and posed some more. Designers will adjust and be back
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Lockheed Tests Robotic Shuttle