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