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Hanging out for the hypersonic plane

Nature volume 355, pages 491–492 (1992)Cite this article

The United States must learn how to cooperate with others if space research is to continue. The dilemma of the hypersonic plane is a case in point.

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  1. Center for Space Policy and Law, University of Central Florida, PO Box 25000, Orlando, Florida, 32816, USA

    Roger Handberg, Joan Johnson-Freese & David C. Webb

  2. the International Hypersonic Research Institute, 41 Tarpon Circle, Winter Springs, Florida, 32708, USA

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