Mishoni za NASA za Orbiting Carbon Observatory ndi Glory zitalephera mu 2009 ndi 2011, motsatana, bungwe loyang'anira zakuthambo lidati kulephera kwagalimoto yotsegulira ya Orbital ATK ya Taurus XL italephera.
Pambuyo pake, akatswiri ochokera kumakampani opanga zinthu ndi NASA adagwira ntchito yokonza rocket fairing, koma, monga momwe zikukhalira, chifukwa chake sichinali chifukwa cha zolakwika zake.
Kafukufuku wa NASA's Launch Services Programme (LSP) adapeza kuti zomwe zidayambitsa zidali zolakwika za aluminiyamu zoperekedwa ndi Sapa Profiles ku Oregon.
Kafukufukuyu adapeza chiwembu chachinyengo chazaka 19 chopangidwa ndi wopanga mbiri ya aluminiyamu Sapa Profiles, yomwe imayang'ana Orbital ATK.
LSP, pamodzi ndi Ofesi ya NASA ya Inspector General (NASA OIG) ndi U.S. Department of Justice, adapeza kuti Sapa Profiles idanama zotsatira za mayeso ofunikira pa aluminiyamu yomwe idaperekedwa kwa zaka 19. Ogwira ntchito ku Sapa Profiles adapereka ziphaso zabodza kwa makasitomala, kuphatikiza makontrakitala aboma. Cholinga cha kampaniyo chinali kufunafuna phindu, komanso kufunika kobisa khalidwe losagwirizana la zinthu zake za aluminiyamu, pamene antchito ake adalandira mabonasi opangira misonkhano.
Chifukwa cha kafukufukuyu, Hydro Extrusion Portland, Inc., yomwe kale inkadziwika kuti Sapa Profiles, idzakakamizika kulipira ndalama zokwana madola 46 miliyoni ku NASA, Dipatimenti Yachilungamo ku US ndi mabungwe ena.
Ndizochepa kwambiri kuposa $ 700 miliyoni ya NASA yomwe idatayika pakulephera kwa mishoni, koma akuluakulu aboma adatha kuyimba mlandu SPI pazochita zake. Kuphatikiza apo, pa Seputembara 30, 2015, Sapa Profiles/Hydro Extrusion idaimitsidwa ku mgwirizano ndi boma ndipo sidzathanso kuchita bizinesi ndi boma la federal.
Source: 3dnews.ru