NASA Stalemate May Cause More Layoffs

By Frank Morring, Jr.

The U.S. government’s ongoing failure to devise a spaceflight plan for NASA after the shuttle fleet is retired raises the specter of more workforce cuts in the 50-year-old U.S. launch industry, with serious industrial-base implications for the nation, according to the head of rocket-engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR).

“To me the shuttle ending is just a huge scenario that in ...

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