orbital science
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NASA Says Fraudulent Supplier Caused It To Lose Two Climate Satellites, Wasting Over $700 Million
NASA has found its loss of two 28.04m Taurus rockets — as well as the climate-monitoring satellites they were carrying—in 2009 and 2011 was due to a supplier that falsified test data about frangible joints that were supposed to split and release the rockets’ fairings, according to Quartz.