NASA yanked a commitment for $176mm in additional funding for a rocket plane project from an OKC firm due to the firm not being able to raise additional private funding for the project. They had already paid Rocketplane $32.1mm.
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Wise investment of tax dollars or boondoggle for some well-connected former military types?