A more steady stream of funding and clearer coordinating principles are needed to get the U.S. space industry on solid footing, a top industry executive said on July 14. For industry to better align their resources...we really need a longer term vision, plan and roadmap for U.S. government space" programs, said Jim Maser, the president of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne [UTX], a top U.S. producer of rocket engines that use liquid propellants. President Barack Obama earlier this year appointed a…
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