Russian Engine for Launches Needs Replacement, Panel Says
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The U.S. “needs to develop a domestic” rocket engine to replace the Russian one used in many launches of American military satellites, according to an independent panel advising the Pentagon.
The new engine may cost as much as $1.5 billion and take as long as six years to develop, the panel of government and industry space advisers said in briefing charts submitted to the Defense Department and the Air Force.