USAF Chief Wants ‘Common Sense’ in RD-180 Debate

Credit: Atlas V: ULA
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh says he hopes to “keep common sense in the discussion” as the service appeals to Congress for relief from a law limiting the use of RD-180 Atlas V rocket engines that could cripple the Pentagon’s access to spacelift. Congress passed a measure, section...

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