NASA Finds Faulty Aluminum Scam Caused $700 Million in Launch Failures
At a Glance A failed mission in 2009 and one in 2011 resulted in $700 million in losses.An aluminum manufacturer falsified test results for 19 years, NASA and the Justice Department found.The bad aluminum caused a key part of the rocket to fail and doomed the missions. NASA revealed this week that two missions failed because of bad aluminum from a company that falsified test results for 19 years. Faulty materials provided by aluminum manufacturer Sapa Profiles Inc. (SPI) of...