X-43C, RS-84 Engine Among Casualties Of NASA Review

By Jefferson Morris

NASA’s X-43C hypersonic demonstrator and RS-84 reusable engine program have been canceled following a review of 140 programs inherited by the agency’s new Office of Exploration Systems.

The review, completed last week, assessed each program for its applicability to NASA’s new space exploration goals (DAILY, March 18.) The X-43C “did not fit our particular needs at this particular point for an exploration systems development program,” exploration office head Rear Adm. Craig Steidle told lawmakers during a House Space and Aeronautics subcommittee hearing in Washington March 18.

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