U.S. Lawmakers Fret About SpaceX-led Investigation of Falcon 9 Failure

摘要

A group of mostly Republican lawmakers, many from states with a United Launch Alliance presence, want to know how tough NASA and the U.S. Air Force are getting with SpaceX after a June 28 launch failure of the latter's Falcon 9 rocket that destroyed a load of NASA cargo bound for the International Space Station. Although the mission was one of a dozen SpaceX took on as part of its Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA, the space agency legally had no oversight of the commercially procured launch, which was licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration.