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BGen Cheney Discusses U.S. Space Program on BBC Newsnight

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Adin Dobkin

BGen Cheney Discusses U.S. Space Program on BBC Newsnight

Posted By Adin Dobkin on Aug 18, 2014

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Last week, ASP CEO, BGen Stephen A. Cheney, USMC (Ret.) discussed the role of RD-180s in U.S. national security on BBC Newsnight.

General Cheney stated:

“If Russia said ‘we’re not giving you any more [RD-180s],’ we’d really have to scramble.”

General Cheney was featured in the piece alongside NASA astronaut, Michael Foale, and Sergei Khruschev, former Soviet rocket scientist.

View the full piece at the BBC website.

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