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SpaceX Launch Failure Gives DoD Strong Hand In RD-180 Saga

Monday, July 6th, 2015

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The Defense Department may have its most leverage to purchase additional Russian-made RD-180 rocket engines since Congress banned future use of engine, following the June 28 Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Falcon 9 launch failure on a mission for NASA.“I think the DoD’s position about making sure that…[United Launch Alliance] can use all their RD-180s is stronger than ever,” Charles Miller, president of space and public policy consultancy NexGen Space LLC and former NASA senior adviser for commercial space, told…

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