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Bridenstine Defends Intervening In DARPA’s RSGS Program; Orbital ATK Sues

Pat Host

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

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Bridenstine Defends Intervening In DARPA’s RSGS Program; Orbital ATK Sues

Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) defended intervening in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program because he didn’t want the program, and its potential commercial capability, to denigrate into the bitter feud that permeates the United Launch Alliance (ULA) versus Space Exploration Technology Corp. (SpaceX) battle.Bridenstine told an industry audience Wednesday that though he co-signed a January 25 letter to DARPA Acting Director Steven Walker asking the program to be paused until it is…

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