Industry Jockeys Over ICBM Motors For Commercial Space Launch, Defense News “Newer companies generally use liquid-fuel rocket technology, considered more cost-effective for certain missions. It only makes financial sense to […]
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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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The Solid Rocket Lobby – and Utah – Have Been Busy in Congress
Draft Letter to NASA in Support of Solid Rocket Motors Circulating on Capitol Hill “As you know, the final design of the SLS is long overdue. This is perplexing since […]
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DoD View of Solid Rocket Motor Industry Base
Report to Congress on the Solid Rocket Motor Industrial Base Sustainment and Implementation Plan Redacted Version (Excerpt), DoD “Based on the analysis and findings of the Interagency Task Force, the […]
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Flip Flopping at DoD Over Solid Rockets
Solid rocket industry needs consolidation-Pentagon, Reuter “The U.S. solid rocket motor industry is “over capacity” and needs consolidation, the Pentagon’s top official for industrial policy said. “It is over capacity […]