Comments on: Congress places additional limits on Russian rocket engine use https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/congress-places-additional-limits-on-russian-rocket-engine-use/ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 15:55:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Tom Billings https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/congress-places-additional-limits-on-russian-rocket-engine-use/#comment-806673 Sat, 03 Oct 2015 15:55:56 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=36174#comment-806673 Not a complex signal from Congress at all:

1.) You *will* be handing out money as we see fit!

2.) You *will* be handing out money in a way that benefits the right committee members!

3.) You *won’t* be slipping the leash of dependency and subordination!

Here, ULA has a bitter choice to make. They must forgo 9 government launches, or lose any future that allows them to be competitive with SpaceX and eventually Blue Origin and others in the much larger future commercial market.

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