/sci/ - Science & Math

>https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/11/sale-of-united-launch-alliance-is-nearing-its-end-with-three-potential-buyers/
> The space company owned by Jeff Bezos has been rumored to be among the potential buyers for a while. Although there is some overlap between their launch plans, acquiring United Launch Alliance would give Bezos an orbital rocket and the guaranteed government contracts he covets. It would also benefit Amazon's need to launch its Project Kuiper satellites.
So at this point, because of Bezos Bucks, Blue Origin is basically guaranteed to be the final buyer of ULA. It doesn't matter what resources the other two potential (not)buyers have. Jeff's seething from a lack of building his own orbital rocket is now going after the already-made rocket company. I'd bet everything that back when Jeff realized that he can't throw money at people and magically get a rocket, he started getting buddy-buddy with Tory, who was freshly installed CEO of ULA. Shortly after Tory started as CEO, him and Jeff signed the BE-4 agreement for Vulcan. Nine years ago. Now that they have been best friends for a while, Jeff has been dangling a huge pile of cash in front of Tory for years in attempts to buy ULA. He's finally found his price.

So that means Jeff Who will finally have his own working rocket. What the hell is going to happen with Bezos at the helm of ULA? It honestly scares me.