The mind-boggling expense, the riskiness and the fragility of our existing space launch capabilies were hammered home to all of us in the aftermath of the Challenger explosion.

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And this comes on the heels of our recent efforts to cut red tape and launch several existing projects faster and more efficiently.

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It might not have had an existing fan base for its launch today, but it had a whole lot of hype.

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