More recently,NASA abandoned hope for the X-33,a pro posed replacement for the space shuttle that was supposed to fly from the ground to orbit in a single stage,rather than using a booster rock et,because the technology never quite panned out.
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- 最近,國家航空航天局放棄了研制X-33的希望,因為它的技術(shù)一直沒(méi)有得到充分驗證。X-33是被提議用來(lái)代替航天飛機的產(chǎn)品,原本預計它可以無(wú)需火箭推動(dòng)器而僅靠單級火箭就能直接從地面飛抵軌道。