NASA shutting down $2B satellite refueling project over tech, cost challenges ...Middle East

NASA is shutting down a $2 billion satellite refueling project over cost and tech challenges that have plagued the program.  The space agency announced the shutdown of the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) project on Friday after an “in-depth, independent” review. The discontinuation of the project happened due to “continued technical, cost, and schedule challenges, and a broader community evolution away from refueling unprepared spacecraft, which has led to a lack of a committed partner,” according to NASA’s statement in the news release.  For the OSAM-1 project that started in 2015, NASA contracted Maxar along with working with NASA’s Goddard Space Flig

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