Heritage hardware will get closer scrutiny after Genesis

NASA will be more careful of the way it incorporates heritage hardware into new space vehicles - including the planned Crew Exploration Vehicle - after the September 2004 failure of the Genesis solar-sample-return capsule. Mary Cleave, associate administrator for science, and Bryan O'Connor, chief...

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