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Leebert [soylentnews.org] writes:

SpaceNews recently reported [spacenews.com] on the damage assessment of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport [marsspaceport.com] 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 [orbital.com].

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