Rocket Lab downplays importance of NASA business as it pursues Mars mission protest

Rocket Lab's concept for a Mars telecommunications orbiter.Credit:Rocket Lab

HOUSTON — Even as Rocket Lab protests a NASA Mars contract, the company is downplaying the role the agency plays in its overall business.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...More by Jeff Foust

Rocket Lab downplays importance of NASA business as it pursues Mars mission protest

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