GOOD LORD: NASA will pay a staggering $146 million for each SLS rocket engine. “The rocket needs four engines, and it is expendable.”
via arstechnica There are a lot of things one could buy in the aerospace industry for $146 million. One might, for example, buy at least six RD-180 engines from Russia. These engines have more than twice the thrust of a space shuttle main engine. Or, one might go to United Launch Alliance’s Rocket Builder website and … Read more