Aerojet Rocketdyne defends SLS engine contract costs, Space News “Maser declined to give the cost of an individual engine alone, without the additional labor and overhead. “There’s a lot of […]
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What Is Really Behind The SpaceX Bashing
Breitbart, other conservative outlets escalate anti-SpaceX campaign, Ars Technica “The central canard of these attacks is that John McCain did not, in fact, add “Section 1615″ to the Defense Authorization […]
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The Alabama Mafia Wants All Rocket Engines Built In Alabama Forever
Blue Origin’s new engine isn’t good enough for some congressmen, Ars Technica “At the end of February, two US representatives, Mike Rogers of Alabama and Mac Thornberry of Texas, decided […]
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DoD Picks Two RD-180 Replacement Efforts
Air Force Awards Final Rocket Propulsion System Prototype OTAs, Space and Missile Systems Center “Today the Space and Missile Systems Center awarded the final Other Transaction Agreements for shared public-private […]
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Buying/Selling ULA: The Four Amigos Continue To Squabble
Aerojet weighs higher offer for Lockheed-Boeing venture – sources, Reuters “Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc is considering raising its $2 billion offer for United Launch Alliance, a rocket launch venture of […]
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Has SpaceX Shocked The Launch Industry To Transform?
SpaceX Rival ULA May Get Boost In New Space Race, Investors.com “Aerojet Rocketdyne made the offer, and negotiations are in advanced stages, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources. Those […]
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The Four Amigos and The Future of Competition in Space Commerce
Aerojet makes $2 billion offer for Lockheed-Boeing joint venture: sources, Reuters “Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc has submitted a $2 billion offer to buy United Launch Alliance (ULA), a spacecraft launch […]
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Orbital ATK Vs Aerojet over Antares Explosion Cause
Orbital, GenCorp spar over cause of October rocket crash, Reuters “Orbital ATK Inc and engine maker GenCorp Inc on Tuesday offered competing explanations for what caused the Oct. 28 explosion […]
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NASA Forgot the Largest Rocket Booster It Built – in the 1960s.
NASA’s Space Launch System Booster Thunders During Successful Ground Test “The largest, most powerful rocket booster ever built successfully fired up Wednesday …” Aerojet, Wikipedia “Between Sept. 25, 1965 and […]
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Are Old Engines Good For New Rockets?
40-Year-Old Russian Engine at Heart of Rocket Investigation “The thing to keep in mind in all this is that we don’t know what caused the mishap,” Cowing cautions. “We all […]