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0 pointsgreglindahl10y ago0 comments

The extra charge is due to the paperwork requirement for these launches... which were imposed after a series of launch failures by LM and Boeing rockets carrying very expensive US Government satellites.

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will_hughes10y ago

And the paperwork is (in part) because the US Government doesn't purchase insurance on their launches.

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will_hughes10y ago

And the paperwork is (in part) because the US Government doesn't purchase insurance on their launches.

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