SpaceX Vs Valador in Court
‘Astronaut Ferry’ Firm Says it Was Defamed, Courthouse News
“Spaceship builder SpaceX claims its NASA contract to ferry cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station was compromised by a spacecraft safety company’s defamatory allegations of mechanical failures and explosions, and it says the allegations were spurred by its refusal to give the defendant a $1 million consulting contract. SpaceX – Space Exploration Technologies Corp. – sued Valador and its vice president Joseph Fragola in Fairfax County Court. SpaceX claims Fragola contacted U.S. officials “to make disparaging remarks about SpaceX, which have created the very ‘perception’ that he claimed SpaceX needed his help to rectify.”
Official court documents
Hanley Changes His Story On Ares 1 Safety – Again, earlier post
“With regard to Jeff Hanley’s current comments, this is not the first time that Hanley’s organization has had problems presenting (or admitting) a consistent view of what Ares 1’s safety was relative to Shuttle and other launch systems. Indeed, you only have to look at Joseph Fragola’s presentation to the Augustine Committee to see what Constellation knew Vs what it said. Specifically, there was a briefing chart that was withheld from the Augustine Committee – see below for that chart.”