Listen here to parts, one, two and three of Rocketplane Global vice president for business development Charles Lauer’s 30min presentation on the status of the XP vehicle, given at the Space Access Society conference in Phoenix, Arizona on 4 April 2009. And download here the powerpoint presentation (in pdf format), altered slightly here for commercial confidentiality reasons, used by Lauer to illustrate his talk
AUDIO: Rocketplane Global XP vehicle status update
by Rob Coppinger | Apr 13, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Space tourism, Suborbital, Technology | 0 comments
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