These Russian engines will be better than our other Russian Engines

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When Antares went-up and went boom, I recall Orbital talking about how
they were going to accelerate their "other engine" program. Perhaps I
missed it, but I don't recall their saying it would simply be to
replace on Russian designed and built engine with another:

http://www.dailysabah.com/economy/20...rocket-engines

from the time of the boom:
http://www.space.com/27669-orbital-s...t-engines.html

rick jones

Of course they didn't come right out and say it at the time. Due to the
political flack that the RD-180 engines on Atlas V is getting, adding
yet another Russian engine to yet another US launch vehicle is not a
good thing politically.

ULA and Orbital are addicted to Russian LOX/kerosene engines like a
junkie that's addicted to crack cocaine. It's an expensive habit long
term that would be a good thing to kick. That habit is going to be very
hard to quit. I fear that the two companies are doing little more than
kicking the can down the road because they don't want to redesign their
entire launch vehicle.

Jeff
--
"the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would
magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper
than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in
and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer

Especially given the arising new cold war between Greater Russia and NATO.

.................Trig