Sen. Kaine Tours Site Of Catastrophic Rocket Explosion

Rachel Weiner, Washington Post: Local
Wed, 12/17/2014 - 3:01pm

Six weeks after a catastrophic rocket explosion at Virginia’s Wallops Island, Sen. Timothy M. Kaine toured the damaged site and touted $20 million in federal funds for the private space facility. The funds should help “speed along” the repairs from an Oct. 28 crash, Kaine (D) said Wednesday, noting that the launchpad run by Orbital Sciences Corp.

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Topics: virginia s wallops island sen timothy m kaine oct kaine d orbital sciences corp read site catastrophic rocket explosion funds

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