Thanks to SpaceX and ULA, the US is set to outlaunch Russia this year, for the first time ever.
Meanwhile, in Huntsville, NASA is trying to figure out just how low a flight rate they can get to.
[Update a few minutes later]
Unsurprisingly, the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration’s “roadmap” includes the dead ends of SLS and Orion.
Trial balloon: Trump tower mars!
…for the first time ever.
Ever? It’s been a while but in the ’60s the US routinely out-launched the Soviets.
I’ll take your word for it. In any event, for the first time in a long time.
Outlaunched both Russia and China? Can that tempo be maintained?