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NASA Official Defends Allowing Re-Engined Antares Mission Without Test Flight

Wednesday, February 17th, 2016

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A key NASA official on Feb. 3 defended not requiring Orbital ATK [OA] to perform a full flight test of its re-engined Antares launch vehicle before performing its first Cargo Resupply Services (CRS) mission, saying the company’s potential consequences from a failure was sufficient for the agency to proceed without the test flight.“That will be the end of their company, potentially, if they have a failure,” NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations William Gerstenmaier told sister publication Defense…

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Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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Congress

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A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

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