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That doesn't explain why ULA has such insane launch costs. It's a classic government fleece job. They've been stealing taxpayer dollars because they could. Spa
by xenadu02 10y ago
That doesn't explain why ULA has such insane launch costs. It's a classic government fleece job. They've been stealing taxpayer dollars because they could.
SpaceX is charging a fraction of the cost.
ULA has been paying lobbyists and trying to squeeze SpaceX out of bidding. It has been purely due to the hype around SpaceX that they were not successful.
- planteen 10y agoWhy the government let Boeing and Lockheed form the ULA is beyond me. The US used to have 3 solid launch providers and went to 1. I'm glad we're back to 2 with SpaceX. We were handing lots of business to Arianespace.