https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ula-gets-launch-contract-for-lucy-asteroid-mission/ Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:03:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ula-gets-launch-contract-for-lucy-asteroid-mission/#comment-1063830 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:03:39 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=56175#comment-1063830 ULA’s got an extraordinary record for reliability. I suspect folks at NASA reflected that the Lucy mission involved a an expensive unique spacecraft and maybe a fairly short launch window, and decided it might be worth paying 50 million or so extra for the peace of mind. I don’t know I’d argue with that.

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