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Vulcan rocket's debut brings long-awaited challenge to SpaceX dominance (www.japantimes.co.jp)
submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Dependence on SpaceX has been a concern for the Pentagon, which wants multiple vendors of rides to orbit.

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[–] MumboJumbo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

SYLRC (Support Your Local Rocket Company) Seriously though, there's a lot of new ones coming online and/or developing: Stoke, Astra, Relativity, Rocket Lab, etc… Yeah, it sucks that two of the behemoths are ran by egomaniacal sociopaths, but some of the other ones are bringing some cool tech and innovation to the table, and even getting government contracts.