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Re:SpaceX Is Now One of the World’s Most Valuable Privately ... by valuearb on Friday July 28, 2017 @11:07AM (#14874772)
ULA has one foot outside the launch business already. The BE-4 won't be ready for years. It's not inkkely ULA exits the launch business completely before it's ready, it's at a huge cost disadvantage even with the BE-4.
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Re:SpaceX Is Now One of the World’s Most Valuable Privately ... by gozur88 on Friday July 28, 2017 @12:32PM (#14875469)
I doubt ULA will exit the launch business in the foreseeable future. Congress will not allow the US to be reliant on a single launcher, and they'll provide enough money to keep Atlas available.

ULA isn't out at least until BO has a few good launches under its belt, which means BE-4 or something similar is reliable.

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Re:SpaceX Is Now One of the World’s Most Valuable Privately ... by nickik on Saturday July 29, 2017 @11:49AM (#14881736)
The Vulcan might not fly in 2019 but it will fly by 2021. ULA still has money coming in and it will get more government contracts for quite a while, at least until Blue Origin New Glenn flies, so that will require BE-4 anyways.
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