The U.S. government has now been in a partial shutdown for nearly two weeks, forcing many federal employees to take unplanned time off, or, in some cases, to work without the promise of a regular paycheck.
Now, with the world having shaken its holiday hangover, the government’s woes are putting kinks in the plans of various companies, including those that want to launch rockets. As Space News reports, Exos Aerospace has been forced to delay the planned January 5th launch of its SARGE suborbital rocket due to the fact the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation has gone dark.
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