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Blue Origin Mars Mission Scrubbed Due To "Cumulus Cloud Rule". Why Can't Rockets Fly Through Clouds?
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Blue Origin Mars Mission Scrubbed Due To "Cumulus Cloud Rule". Why Can't Rockets Fly Through Clouds?

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Jeff Bezos's space firm was set to deliver two NASA spacecraft into space, ready for their onward journey to the Red Planet, until cumulus clouds killed the dream.

While traditionally NASA has launched its own spacecraft, satellites, and orbiters into space, since President Ronald Reagan signed the Commercial Space Launch Act of 1984, the space agency has sought and used private space companies to help with the... [4079 chars]

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