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PREVIEW: ULA: Colleague Bob Zimmerman comments on the new Vulcan booster did not fly smoothly in its second test for ULA but is likely to be approved for commerce anyway -- and what this means about the Washington posture toward the superior SpaceX

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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PREVIEW: ULA: Colleague Bob Zimmerman comments on the new Vulcan booster did not fly smoothly in its second test for ULA but is likely to be approved for commerce anyway -- and what this means about the Washington posture toward the superior SpaceX

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I learned from my colleague Bob Zimmerman that the military wants more

0:36.9

than one option to put satellites into low Earth orbit and beyond. Space X works, but they won another company and U.L.A. has a rocket

0:46.2

Vulcan that qualifies, but not yet. Bob describes the first two tests and the question of certification for

0:55.7

launching. A lot of politics here however it is a puzzle to me why SpaceX is not the first second and third choice. More to be learned

1:07.1

about how the military thinks about the public money it spends. Bob Zimmerman

1:12.1

U.L. A. A. The Vulcan Rock look money it spends. Bob Zimmerman.

1:13.0

U.L.A. The Vulcan rocket, not quite perfect.

1:18.0

More of this later.

1:19.0

Vulcan is ULA's new rocket. It is launched twice. The second launch got its payload to its precise

1:27.0

correct orbit, but it had a nozzle issue during the flight in which the nozzle fell off of one of its side solid rocket

1:34.1

boosters. It was able to do the mission correctly but a nozzle folding over

1:39.6

is something you should be concerned about. Well, ULA has become stacking welcome for its first

1:45.1

operational launch with the military, the Pentagon. They have not yet gotten certification

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