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Editorial: What if the ULA Merger Never Happened?
By 2014.04.11 2 Comments Read More →

Editorial: What if the ULA Merger Never Happened?

Image Credit : ULA Editorial Karl Marx once said “The last capitalist we hang shall be the one who sold us the rope.” He may have been right on at least this point. Underscoring once again America’s self-inflicted dependence on Russian technology for launching its own most expensive intelligence assets, a United Launch Alliance Atlas […]

Posted in: United Launch Alliance
And the Dam Begins to Break, SpaceX Awarded First EELV Class Launches
By 2012.12.05 1 Comments Read More →

And the Dam Begins to Break, SpaceX Awarded First EELV Class Launches

Following up on yesterday’s surprise announcement  in Space News that the Air Force was setting aside 14 EELV class launch opportunities for competitive bidding starting in 2015, Aviation Week is reporting that a separate but related Air Force launch procurement effort, the Orbital/Suborbital (OSP-3) is making its first two awards to SpaceX.  The OSP program is functioning both […]

Posted in: EELV, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance
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