On the recordNovember 15, 2011
When he was sent into space, he was in a capsule on top of a rocket with hundreds of thousands of pounds of thrust, comforted in the knowledge that both had been won by the lowest Federal bidder.
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Connolly reflects on the risks of federal contracting during space missions.
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