on the verge of failure because of all of the investments it made in this >> reporter: attorney james wiggin represents specter in the lawsuit. instead of creating business he got squeezed. >> there is a piece of toy further -- toy furnitures. these inflexible bureaucracies who were -- both of which were unwilling to work with specter to solve the problems. >> in this letter to specter, nasa blames specter for filling to come up with they stopped paying nasa because they failed to deliver the working sensors. >> it is the most egregious case of misrepresenting what you will do and not standing behind your word and a contract i have ever heard of. >> nasa's failure to deliver costs the company $45 million in future business. specter wasn't the only one to take a beating. according to specter's lawsuit they stood to earn millions in royalties from the deal. >> we are estimating it is 15 million. >> did it come close to that? >> it was 0. >> reporter: instead of expanding and creating more jobs they are fighting to survive and keep the business afloat. >> the state of ohio invested money for no