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In a strongly worded statement, ELA said the decision was “forced by the inability to finalise a lease” for the expansion of its Arnhem Space Centre, which it blamed on the Northern Land Council.
The business could have opted for a lift-off date this month but has shifted the plan back to 2025 to complete “final testing and verification activities” and hand its team a break over Christmas.
The aerospace giant’s CEO, Kelly Ortberg, appeared to commit to the commercial crew program, arguing that it wouldn’t be “a viable option” to walk away from so-called fixed-price programs.
The vehicle will be launched on a rocket before separating and igniting its own scramjet engines to reach speeds up to Mach 12.
Boeing’s wider reputation had a lot riding on the spacecraft’s success following the mid-air blowout of a door plug on board an Alaska Airlines MAX 9 in January.
In a Wednesday briefing, the space agency said the tests would be short pulses lasting just 0.1 seconds and could involve some of the aft thrusters that experienced problems on the journey to the International Space Station (ISS).
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