Andy Pasztor: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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On February 24, 2010, Andy Pasztor wrote an article titled "Space Pioneer [[Burt Rutan]] Blasts New NASA Plan," claiming that Burt Rutan had written a letter to Congress sharply criticizing President Obama's plans to turn over portions of its human spaceflight program to commercial providers<ref>Pasztor, Andy. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704240004575085810715611660.html Space Pioneer Burt Rutan Blasts New NASA Plan"], The Wall Street Journal, 24 February 2010</ref>. A couple days later Burt Rutan released a statement saying that "the WSJ chose to cherry-pick and miss-quote my comments to [[Frank Wolf|Cong Wolf]]." <ref>Rutan, Burt. [http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=30293 Burt Rutan Issues Clarification on Wall Street Journal Remarks], SpaceRef.com, 26 February 2010</ref>

=== Elon MuskSpaceX ===

Immediately following [[SpaceX]]'s inaugural launch of the [[Falcon 9]] rocket, Andy Pasztor wrote in a WSJ article titled "SpaceX Illustrates Privatization Risk" on June 7, 2010 alleging that SpaceX claimed it would require $1 billion to build a launch escape system for its rocket, and that the company would likely require future assistance from US taxpayers <ref>Pasztor, Andy. [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704726104575290604217670696.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories SpaceX Illustrates Privatization Risk], 7 June 2010</ref>. When asked about this, SpaceX CEO [[Elon Musk]] responded saying:

: "Andy Pasztor’s article in the Journal was, I’m sorry to say, rife with errors. He was off by a factor of ten on what it would cost SpaceX to develop a launch escape system. Also, under no circumstances would SpaceX be seeking a financing round from the taxpayers. That doesn’t make any sense." <ref>Loizos, Connie. [http://www.pehub.com/73752/elon-musk-weighs-in-on-wsj-piece-and-future-of-spacex/ Elon Musk Weighs in On WSJ Piece, and Future of SpaceX], 8 June 2010</ref>

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