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Air Force Gives SpaceX Benefit Of Doubt, Won’t Decertify Based On Launch Failure

Pat Host

Friday, July 31st, 2015

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Air Force Gives SpaceX Benefit Of Doubt, Won’t Decertify Based On Launch Failure

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launches June 28, 2015, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Photo: NASA.

The Air Force, at the moment, won’t decertify Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) from competing for military launches because the service doesn’t know if the company’s June 28 Falcon 9 launch failure was a one-off incident or a systemic issue.“They have the benefit of the doubt,” Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (AFSMC) Commander Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves said July 31 at a Peter Huessy breakfast series event on Capitol Hill. “Eighteen successful launches ought to mean something…just like…

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