/sci/ - Science & Math

>the two major US space powers going forward are both using methalox engines
does this mean collaborative fuel depots in space? wonder if they'll work together on a "gas" nozzle standard that everyone will use or something

>>9250670
>That's a completely fucking ridiculous claim.
Not an argument.

>Do some basic background reading before you try to argue about a subject.
Not an argument.

>OTV-5 was to prove an alternative launch option, and ULA couldn't bid because they had already announced the retirement of Delta IV. As for Zuma, it's not public knowledge what that is or how the contract was bid.
Doesn't matter. They were not competitively bid.

>Anyway, that doesn't bear on the fact of ULA and their government allies ramming through a block buy just before competitive contracting was supposed to begin.
The paperwork for the block buy began before SpaceX sued the Air Force to be able to compete.

>The engine isn't "built"
What's it like to have mental illness?
>it's about at the stage Raptor was a year and a half ago
Raptor hasn't been built yet. They don't have a final design for it even.
> The factory's also only under construction.
BO's factory is targeting completion in November. They're already shipping NG tooling there. SpaceX doesn't even have finalized plans for the one it needs to build.

>BFR is further along than New Glenn.
How so? Like I said, they don't have a design yet for the flight engine. Nothing else is even close to being complete.