The United States can’t continue to use “expensive” commercial space launch provider United Launch Alliance unless competition helps reduce launch costs, according to a key lawmaker. “ULA, they do the best, (and) probably have the best launch operation in the world, but it’s also the most expensive and we can’t continue to move forward with such an expensive operation,” House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) told Defense Daily Tuesday. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,…
U.S. Can’t Move Forward With ‘Expensive’ ULA, Ruppersberger Says
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