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ULA's New Rocket - Vulcan Centaur
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A rundown on the history of ULA and the development of Vulcan Centaur from Scott Manley:
Ars technical: America’s first lunar lander in a half-century won’t reach the Moon
This is a costly failure.
The next payload for Vulcan is Sierra Space's Dream Chaser, providing a supply run to the ISS. That should be a fun mission, but Dream Chaser is supposed to be at the ISS for 45 days, so it'll be a while before we see it reenter and land.
arstechnica.com
After its impressive first flight, here’s what’s next for the Vulcan rocket
"We anticipate some movements in the manifest."
arstechnica.com
That Ars article says ULA plans 5 more launches in '24... yet B.O. is just now putting the BE-4's for the next launch thru final test... making it around 3 months to get the next pair delivered.
Now, admittedly the trend is in the right direction, but hopefully B.O. will be able to ramp engine production to support the planned cadence, as recovery/re-use is a while out...
Now, admittedly the trend is in the right direction, but hopefully B.O. will be able to ramp engine production to support the planned cadence, as recovery/re-use is a while out...
Even at that rate, they'll get four pair delivered in 2024. They obviously intend to ramp production because many additional engines are already contracted, and they need a bunch for New Glenn. It's a matter of how quickly they ramp. They may have it down to a pair per week by August. I'm just going to wait and see how they do going forward, just like SpaceX.
Correction. I just did not see this in all that right-wing-bating BS.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1744360011331985468?s=46&t=D4MwefT2bydGT6XThoitSw
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1744360011331985468?s=46&t=D4MwefT2bydGT6XThoitSw
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Bruno trumpets transformation of ULA after Vulcan launch
ULA's CEO argues the successful inaugural launch of its Vulcan rocket is a vindication of both the company’s technology and its transformation.
spacenews.com
Remember that he's trying to sell the company. "It's a wonderful and highly valuable company. An aerospace machine firing on all cylinders."
Bruno trumpets transformation of ULA after Vulcan launch
ULA's CEO argues the successful inaugural launch of its Vulcan rocket is a vindication of both the company’s technology and its transformation.
"Dial-a-rocket"
That's clever... lol.
Exactly. James Carville desperately wants to find new owners for the company he runs.
The issue, at the risk of beating the horse, is that nobody with any sense is going to find value in ULA unless it’s at wholesale.
FWIW it is in reference to the significantly variable number of solids (and their impact on performance). Maybe it was a cutting edge concept when it was first implemented (Delta 2? Earlier than that?) but it’s a bit OBE these days. Solids are really OBE in general…
For those who don't want to look that up, it's Overcome By Events. Obsolescent.
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