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Title    Damage to Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport less than US$20M
Date    Saturday November 29 2014, @12:19AM
Author    janrinok
Topic   
from the almost-sounds-cheap dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/11/28/1551205

Leebert writes:

SpaceNews recently reported on the damage assessment of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport following the October 28th failure of an Orbital Antares rocket just after liftoff.

According to Dale Nash, executive director of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, while the damage assessment is still ongoing, it is anticipated that the final cost estimate will not exceed $20 million. Both Virginia senators indicated that they are working to determine if federal funding sources could be tapped to help pay for the repairs.

Nash also was "optimistic" that the repairs could be completed prior to the next Antares launch, currently targeted for early 2016.

Links
  1. "Leebert" - https://soylentnews.org/~Leebert/
  2. "reported" - http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/42620virginia-may-seek-federal-funds-for-wallops-spaceport-repairs
  3. "Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport" - http://www.marsspaceport.com/
  4. "currently targeted for early 2016" - https://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/release.asp?prid=1921
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