Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:00:26 -0400
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [WSFA] US Too Dependent on Russian Rocket Engines, Experts Tell Lawmakers
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Excerpt:
  Should the Russian government yank its supply of rocket engines for
United States launches, critical national-security satellite missions
could be delayed up to four years, experts told a joint Senate hearing
Wednesday (July 16).

United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket is the workhorse of heavy
satellite launches in the United States, but the booster requires a
Russian RD-180 engine to get off the ground.

Recent geopolitical disputes between Russia and the United States have
thrown this arrangement, which has been in place for decades, into
turmoil. In Twitter remarks in May, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry
Rogozin threatened to ban all sales of RD-180 engines to the United States
intended for use in military launches. [50 Great Russian Rocket Launch
Photos]
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<http://www.space.com/26551-us-military-launches-russian-rocket-engines.html>

And, 30 years ago, if this had become the case, the GOP would have, en
masse, come out with pitchforks and torches and ropes to hang them with...
but global economy, where we can send jobs offshore so our CEO's and huge
investors can make huge ROI, and screw the country and everyone else in
it....

         mark