Labor/Employment
May 25, 2017
Ex-SpaceX employee testifies superiors pressed him to pass rocket parts without inspection
Jason Blasdell testified about his work with parts intended for the International Space Station and other NASA missions as part of SpaceX's $1.6 billion contract.
By Andy Serbe
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES — A former test technician testified Wednesday in the trial of his whistleblower retaliation lawsuit against Space Exploration Technologies Corp. that every superior he directly communicated with at one point pressured him to pass rocket parts that failed inspection.
"There would be a test failure. I would create an issue ticket for the failure, and I woul...
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