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White House Objects To SASC-Required Study On Excess ICBM Motors

Monday, June 20th, 2016

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The White House on June 7 objected to a provision in the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)-approved fiscal year 2016 defense authorization bill that would require a study of the cost and benefits of allowing the use of excess ICBM motors in commercial space launch.The White House, in its statement of administration policy (SAP), said President Barack Obama’s advisers would recommend he veto the bill for a number of reasons. Among these, buried at the bottom of its 21-page statement, the White…

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