In 2009, NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) failed to reach orbit after the rocket it was riding, a Taurus XL, failed to properly deploy it. Recently, NASA finally released the results from their long and arduous investigation. They found that an aluminum manufacturer, SPI, knowingly produced sub-par aluminum for the manufacture of the fairing. They falsified certificates and test results to slip by, costing the US 700 million dollars. They recently agreed to pay 46 million dollars to settle charges, and the company is facing the possibility of never being allowed to conduct business with the government again. Now, 46 million < 700 million, but some reparation is better than none. Nothing can make up for the years of scientific progress lost to greed; no amount of money can turn back time. Hopefully, NASA will hold greater oversight of their contractors in the future.

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https://www.space.com/nasa-determines-cause-satellite-launch-failures.html