Rand: New Family Of Launch Vehicles Likely To Meet National Security Needs 

With no breakthroughs in space propulsion or rocket design likely in the near future, a new family of launch vehicles developed for military payloads should satisfy all projected national security needs through 2020, according to a panel convened to examine the program. However, the federal government likely...

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