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Late to the party, but Pentagon/Gov/Military always hedges its bets by running minimum 2 different launch providers almost regardless of cost. Orbital ATK, the
by irjustin 6y ago
Late to the party, but Pentagon/Gov/Military always hedges its bets by running minimum 2 different launch providers almost regardless of cost.
Orbital ATK, the only other active US based provider would have been another contender but they don't have a heavy launch system yet.
So, all in all, this awarding is quite expected.
- jessriedel 6y agoBlue Origin was also competing.
- GoOnThenDoTell 6y agoPaper rockets though, they have to actually launch something to orbit first
- irjustin 6y agoYeah, that's why I mentioned 'active' specifically to mean having currently flying heavy launch vehicles.