Italy's space program on shaky ground as industry considers cuts

Frank Morring, Jr. (Rome), Michael A. Taverna (Fucino, Italy) June 16, 2003

When Boeing was unable to build pressurized nodes for the International Space Station (ISS) to specification, NASA turned to Italy's Alenia Spazio for the critical hardware. Where Boeing workers at a NASA-owned facility had tried without complete success to weld critical hatch elements, Alenia...

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