At the local runway, a modestly sized craft sits like a paper plane, neatly folded on its launch site, awaiting its daily sequence. It glints in the sun as a ground operator triggers an unmanned lift-off, powered by a reusable rocket that accelerates the vehicle past the sound barrier and onto to Mach 5. An…

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