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Blue Origin, SpaceX, ULA win $5.6 billion in Pentagon launch contracts (spacenews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

It's still weird to me that Blue can win without having made orbit. The delays and teething issues with Vulcan should be enough evidence that NSSL should require more proof before awarding contracts like this.