National Aero-Space Plane: A Technology Development and Demonstration Program To Build the X-30

NSIAD-88-122 Published: Apr 27, 1988. Publicly Released: Apr 27, 1988.

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GAO reviewed the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) Program, a joint Department of Defense (DOD) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) technology development and demonstration program to build and test the X-30 experimental flight vehicle.

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