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MH-17 Shoot Down Alters Air Force’s Space Equation
DoD Buzz. ^
| July 24th, 2014
| Michael Hoffman
Posted on 08/14/2014 9:24:02 PM PDT by Rabin
Russia builds all of the rocket engines that deliver U.S. military satellites into space. Gen. William Shelton, U.S. Space Command, said Tuesday the recent missile attack on Malaysian passenger jet that killed 298 people will not result any change to this (crony driven, United Launch Alliance) RD-180 engine arrangement.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., SpaceX, has sued the Air Force for the oppertunity to compete, for contracts that provide lift to military and intel satellite. Right now, only ULA is allowed to "compete" for the $9 billion Engine project.
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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dimitry Rogozin threatened in May to cut off sales of the RD-180 engines following the announcement of sanctions imposed on Russia by the US.
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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: malaysia; mh17; nasa; rogozin; russiard80; spaceexploration; spacex
Momo to DPM Dimitry Rogozin, shoveit->
Rab.
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posted on
08/14/2014 9:24:02 PM PDT
by
Rabin
To: Rabin
We don’t even build our own engines?!
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posted on
08/14/2014 9:28:50 PM PDT
by
MichaelCorleone
(Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
To: MichaelCorleone
We don’t build heavy lift engines.
We build the second stage engines.
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posted on
08/14/2014 9:34:17 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: GeronL
You aked a while back what we buy from the ruskis.
I wasn’t kidding.
/johnny
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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posted on
08/14/2014 9:58:32 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: Pontiac
ULA has Russian involvement?
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posted on
08/14/2014 10:19:19 PM PDT
by
Ray76
(True change requires true change - A Second Party ...or else it's more of the same...)
To: Rabin; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...
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posted on
08/14/2014 10:20:08 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Resist in place.)
To: Ray76
They buy the RD-180 engine from Russia.
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posted on
08/14/2014 10:28:33 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Pontiac
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posted on
08/14/2014 10:50:14 PM PDT
by
Ray76
(True change requires true change - A Second Party ...or else it's more of the same...)
To: Ray76
Darned Right it is a bummer.
We could design and build the Saturn 5 booster in the 1960s with slide rules and hand operated stick welders.
Now in the modern day with Computer Aided Design programs and computer operated welding machines we depend on a foreign country to provide us with a heavy lift rocket engine. .
Where is your pride America.
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posted on
08/14/2014 11:54:33 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Rabin
The fact that we no longer make our own rocket engines says so much about how our government has screwed up our economy.
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posted on
08/15/2014 12:28:00 AM PDT
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: Rabin
Russia builds all of the rocket engines that deliver U.S. military satellites into spaceHow stupid is that.
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posted on
08/15/2014 2:28:42 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(You can lead a human to knowledge but you can't make him think)
To: Rabin
Now that the president needs Russia to be our enemy again (to get our minds off healthcare and open borders), it does make sense to start building our own engines - but then again I don’t see much urgency by this bunch.
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posted on
08/15/2014 4:18:44 AM PDT
by
BobL
To: Rabin
Russia builds all of the rocket engines that deliver U.S. military satellites into space.
The stupidity of this situation just amazes me. Once upon a time, the US Government actually CARED about the American industrial base. No longer. And I fear this is the tip of the iceberg. Who knows what critical infrastructure we’ve outsources to former or potential enemies, including Russia and China. All in the name of saving $$. The shortsightedness is just inexcusable.
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posted on
08/15/2014 4:36:38 AM PDT
by
rbg81
To: McGruff
It's so stupid that the stupid collapses on itself, an event horizon forms, a singularity is created and nothing can escape.
/johnny
Comment #16 Removed by Moderator
To: Rabin
Jeff Sessions and most of the Alabama delegation are actively working against SpaceX because ULA builds their stuff in the state.
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