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Summary

Description DC-XA.jpg	Artist concept of the McDonnell Douglas DC-XA Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV). The Delta Clipper-Experimental (DC-X) was originally developed by McDonnell Douglas for the DOD. NASA assumed control of the vehicle in the summer of 1995. The DC-XA is a single-stage-to-orbit, vertical takeoff/vertical landing, launch vehicle concept, whose development is geared to significantly reduce launch cost and will provide a test bed for NASA Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) technology as the Delta Clipper-Experimental Advanced (DC-XA).
Date	1995
Source	http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=2952
Author	NASA/MSFC

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