Government contract (and the fact government cargo are self-insured) means higher price tag. Both NASA and NRO launch are about 30% more expensive than civilian launch due to additional requirements that civilian customer don't care about. ESA is not getting price gauged. They're paying exactly for what they want, and this is still cheaper than Ariane 6, never mind Ariane 5.
He's scheduled to give more testimony on his own suit against Boeing.
In France, more stringent regulation won't kick in until a company exceeds X number of employee. So when a new company got sufficiently large, they WILL NOT hire above that number, and will instead setup a sister company. Remember, whatever measure you come up with, there are always ways of getting around it.
Artemis III also require a whole new launch pad that's also late and over budget.
The earliest Artemis III can possibly fly is in 2026. Boeing cannot make SLS core faster than once every 18 months. And they have to wait for the RS-180 rocket engine at $200 million a pop (need 4).
There seem to be excess roll and the vehicle went into the atmosphere in a wrong angle. You've got to admit, it's one hell of 30 seconds of plasma show.
Guess that's the route Apple wants to take.
Biden's DOJ is suing SpaceX for not hiring Chinese national who does not have green card or pass security check. Meanwhile SpaceX have to comply with ITART munition export regulation enforced by State Department. Yes, SpaceX rockets are technically ICBM capable of delivering nuclear warhead to anywhere on Earth, so it falls into ITAR. If SpaceX does what DOJ wants, they'll be in violation of ITAR and subject to significant sanction from DOS.
BE-4 and Raptor are doing different engine philosophy. Raptor engine is going with their usual smaller size engine but has very hot and very high pressure in the combustion chamber which allows them to use many engines in tandem. Blue Origin went the other direction of having very large combustion chamber ala F1 engine of Saturn rocket.
It's too hard to actually enforce the law on the book. I mean that's a starting point.
Nah, the pricing will be based on the Racial Grievance Totem Pole. Black guy will eat for free and the white guy will pay double.
take one head and 2 more sprout. (Alpha Legion).
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Kleeneness is next to Godelness.
