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Space Force looks at moving "significant number" of launches from ULA to SpaceX
- bell-cot 7mo agoMight anyone have a view under the hood here, and not be under NDA, to comment on why ULA hasn't replaced Northrop Grumman with a less failure-prone SRB supplier?
- eugenekay 7mo agoThey would have to admit that they were wrong to switch away from using the proven Aerojet-Rocketdyne AJ-60A boosters (developed for and still flying with the Atlas V family).
- LarsAlereon 7mo agoI can't think of any other remaining large solid rocket manufacturer in the USA, NG bought them all.
- unixhero 7mo agoAnd the IPO valuation rises
- Dig1t 7mo agoULA uses expendable rockets. From an environmental perspective and also just a basic efficiency perspective this is a no-brainer. If the Air Force were flying cargo across the country why would we want them to be using cargo planes that get destroyed after a single use?