What's Ahead in Aerospace: Astronauts willing to 'rough it' to keep OSP simple, safe

ROUGHING IT: NASA astronauts are willing to go without a number of amenities on the Orbital Space Plane (OSP) to keep the vehicle as simple and lightweight as possible, according to Mike Coats, a former shuttle astronaut and current vice president of advanced space transportation for Lockheed Martin...

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