I continue to be surprised by the almost complete collapse of ULA launches. It was not long ago that SpaceX was suing to get a chance for the USA DoD launch contracts. I understand that ULA stopped buying rocket motors from the Russians after the 2014 invasion of Ukraine. That was a decade ago. It sure did not take 10 years to make new rockets in the 1960’s.
To be fair to ULA, it is relying on Blue Origin for its success. It could have chosen differently, though.
At the same time, while I like Tory Bruno, much of what he says about the launch market isn't current. He insists there's room for only two U.S. launch competitors, but I don't believe the data he's relying on is unbiased.
I continue to be surprised by the almost complete collapse of ULA launches. It was not long ago that SpaceX was suing to get a chance for the USA DoD launch contracts. I understand that ULA stopped buying rocket motors from the Russians after the 2014 invasion of Ukraine. That was a decade ago. It sure did not take 10 years to make new rockets in the 1960’s.
To be fair to ULA, it is relying on Blue Origin for its success. It could have chosen differently, though.
At the same time, while I like Tory Bruno, much of what he says about the launch market isn't current. He insists there's room for only two U.S. launch competitors, but I don't believe the data he's relying on is unbiased.