USAF’s Next-Generation Launch System Facing Heat

Credit: ULA
The Pentagon is asking for $1.2 billion over the next five years to create a “next-generation” launch system program that would include developing propulsion systems, with the idea of ending U.S. reliance on the Russian RD-180 engine. The idea is already hotter than burning rocket fuel on Capitol...

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