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NASA's second mobile launcher is too heavy, years late, and pushing $1 billion
27 days ago | By Ars Technica
Enlarge / A comparison of the initial variant of the Space Launch System rocket , with the upgraded variant, as well as the original and new mobile launch towers.
Three years ago, NASA awarded a cost-plus contract to the engineering firm Bechtel for the design and construction of a large, mobile launch tower. The 118-meter tower will support the fueling and liftoff of a larger and more capable version of NASA's Space Launch System rocket that may make its debut during the second half of this decade.
When Bechtel won the contract for this mobile launcher, named ML-2, it was supposed to...
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