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NASA swaps shuttle motors for new rocket
Reuters   Wednesday, 31 May 2006

A Boeing Delta 4 rocket lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida May 24, 2006. NASA is dumping plans for a throw-away version of the space shuttle's main engines for its planned cargo launcher and will instead buy existing rocket engines used on Boeing Co.'s Delta 4 boosters, U.S. space agency officials said on Tuesday. (Joe Skipper/Reuters)Reuters - NASA is dumping plans for a throw-away version of the space shuttle's main engines for its planned cargo launcher and will instead buy existing rocket engines used on Boeing Co.'s Delta 4 boosters, U.S. space agency officials said on Tuesday.


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