US Air Force Overstepped In SpaceX Certification

Posted by Soulskill on Friday March 27, 2015 @04:11AM from the don't-ruin-this-for-us,-government dept.

Rambo Tribble writes: An internal review commissioned by Air Force Secretary Deborah James has concluded that Air Force personnel tasked with evaluating SpaceX's certification treated it as a design review, going so far as to dictate organizational changes in the company. This was judged contrary to the intention of promoting a competitive environment. The report, prepared by former Air Force Chief of Staff General Larry Welch, concluded, "The result to date has been ... the worst of all worlds, pressing the Falcon 9 commercially oriented approach into a comfortable government mold that eliminates or significantly reduces the expected benefits to the government of the commercial approach. Both teams need to adjust."

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Re:LOL .... by BlueStrat · 2015-03-27 06:17 · Score: 0, Flamebait

"This isn't right. You only raised medical insurance premiums by $X-thousands for a year of lower quality medical insurance? Bros, do you even Obamacare? Here, lemme show you..."
Wow, that works for pretty much anything US Federal Government-controlled/regulated.
Strat

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