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Moscow Delivers Double Whammy to US Space Efforts – Bans Rockets Engines for Military Use, Won’t Prolong ISS Work
United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket – powered by Russian made RD-180 engines – and Super Secret NROL-67 intelligence gathering payload poised for launch at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, in March 2014. Credit: Ken Kremer – kenkremer.com
Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/111624/court-injunction-blocks-russian-engine-purchase-by-ula-for-us-national-security-win-for-spacex-yields-uncertainty/#ixzz31dsjciEF
Moscow delivered a double whammy of bad news to US space programs today by banning the use of Russian made rocket engines for US military national security launches and by declining to prolong cooperation on the International Space Station – says Russia’s deputy prime minister, Dmitry Rogozin, who is in charge of space and defense industries.
Rogozin was quoted in a story prominently featured today, May 13, on the English language website of Russia Today, a Russian TV news and cultural network.(…)
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Post tags: Atlas 5 rocket, NRO, RD-180, Russian Space program, spy satellites, ULA, US military
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/111820/moscow-delivers-double-whammy-to-us-space-efforts-bans-rockets-engines-for-military-use-wont-prolong-iss-work/
