A reminder that NASA was not “closed up” when President Trump took office, and that the commercial crew program that enabled this launch started in the Obama administration, building upon the commercial cargo program from the G.W. Bush administration.
Aiming for reusability, Rocket Lab has demonstrated the mid-air recovery of a booster test article in a key test before rigging the first stage of the company’s Electron launcher with a parachute on missions beginning later this year. FULL STORY: https://t.co/FcBbvznb9K