Comment on Air Force is “growing concerned” about the pace of Vulcan rocket launches

• decerian@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  ULA is already a private company. I don’t think the US government has done any of their own work to get to space since the shuttle.

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  • ricdeh@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    NASA SLS?

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    • Bimfred@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The SLS is arguable, I’d say. The design requirements were set by the government, but it’s not built by NASA. It’s built by Aerojet Rocketdyne, Northrop Grumman, Boeing and ULA, all of which are private companies. I don’t think NASA has ever built a rocket, actual construction has always been contracted out to private companies. Even the first Atlas was repurposed from an ICBM built by Convair and General Dynamics.

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      • FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And even if SLS is an example of non-private rocketry, it's hardly something that should be touted as a positive example. Especially not when launch pace is your criterion.

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