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

Pat Host

Thursday, February 4th, 2016

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

An Orbital ATK Antares launch vehicle lifts off from Wallops Island, Va. Photo: Orbital ATK

A key NASA official on Wednesday 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 Defense Daily Wednesday at…

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