Virginia Governor Seeking Changes for State Spaceport

摘要

Even after NASA, Virginia and Orbital ATK resolve the matter of repairing Wallops Island's Pad OA, broader questions remain in Virginia's capital about the state-owned spaceport. Antares launched successfully three times from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) in Wallops Island, Virginia, before the 2014 accident destroyed a load of NASA cargo bound for the International Space Station and caused $13 million in damages to a launch pad the state paid $90 million to build.