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ULA has one foot outside the launch business already. The BE-4 won't be ready for years. It's not inkkely ULA exits the launch business completely before it's r
by valuearb 9y ago
ULA has one foot outside the launch business already. The BE-4 won't be ready for years. It's not inkkely ULA exits the launch business completely before it's ready, it's at a huge cost disadvantage even with the BE-4.
- gozur88 9y agoI doubt ULA will exit the launch business in the foreseeable future. Congress will not allow the US to be reliant on a single launcher, and they'll provide enough money to keep Atlas available. ULA isn't out at least until BO has a few good launches under its belt, which means BE-4 or something similar is reliable.
- nickik 9y agoThe Vulcan might not fly in 2019 but it will fly by 2021. ULA still has money coming in and it will get more government contracts for quite a while, at least until Blue Origin New Glenn flies, so that will require BE-4 anyways.