Lockheed Martin Faulted for Dropped Satellite
A NASA investigation board has found that a lack of procedures and discipline by a Lockheed Martin Space Systems team at its Sunnyvale, Calif., plant were to blame for a September 2003 incident in which a 2-ton polar-orbit weather satellite was dropped onto the floor from its mount (AW&ST Sept. 30...
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