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Sea Launch To Seek NASA Space-Missions Contracts

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Friday, January 25th, 2008

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By Dave Ahearn Sea Launch, until now providing launch services for non-governmental or dual-use customers, will seek contracts from NASA to provide cargo re-supply missions to the International Space Station, according to Rob Peckham, Sea Launch president and general manager. Peckham also said he is seeing launch prices in the industry rising to levels not seen since the late 1990s. As well, he said he is content with current U.S. sensitive- technology export rules, and doesn't seek changes there, unlike…

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