I’m starting to wonder how long they’ll survive. With Blue Origin finally flying (if still at low rates) and other providers coming on line, maybe it doesn’t matter.
I’m starting to wonder how long they’ll survive. With Blue Origin finally flying (if still at low rates) and other providers coming on line, maybe it doesn’t matter.
All this time, through all of its difficulties, I’ve assumed that ULA was safe to survive through the early 2030’s, since it has such a big manifest (about 70 launches) for Vulcan on its books.
But this is starting to sound serious enough to put that in jeopardy. The Defense Department is a big chunk of that manifest.
SpaceX’s strategy to vertically integrate its space architectures to the maximum extent possible looks vindicated yet again.
Everything we’ve come to expect from Boeing….and Lockmart isn’t looking too good either