
A top Defense Department official Wednesday warned a joint Senate panel against rushing to fund a next-generation rocket engine when parameters and goals for such a project have yet to be established. “I would say throwing money at a problem (in which) we don’t know where we’re going is not a good idea, either, at this point,” Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) Alan Estevez said during a joint Senate hearing comprised of the…