NRC panel suggests closing Antigua, Ascension tracking stations

A National Research Council panel has recommended that the U.S. Air Force close its space launch tracking stations on the islands of Antigua and Ascension in the Atlantic as a cost-saving measure, part of a larger effort to reorient U.S. range safety practices from "risk avoidance" to "risk...

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