Cuomo said last
week during a cabinet meeting at the Capitol that new data regarding the results of the
second year of the evaluation
system, which included New York City for the first time, caused him to reconsider signing the bill.
The RS - 25 engine E2063 test - fired
during last
week's review is planned for use on the
second flight of NASA's new super-heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch
System (SLS), which will be Exploration Mission - 2 (EM - 2).