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This may finally be the year we see some new chunky rockets take flight

Enlarge / The Falcon Heavy rocket is the most recent heavy-lift booster to debut, and that was more than three years ago. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann / Ars Technica ) A little more than three years ago, Ars published an article assessing the potential for four large rockets to make their debut in 2020. Spoiler alert: […]

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ULA chief States the BE-4 rocket engine turbopump Problems are Solved

Expand / / A BE-4 rocket engine extends evaluations in West Texas. (charge: Blue Origin) Blue Origin seems to have solved any improvement problems linked to the turbopumps in its own strong BE-4 rocket engine. United Launch Alliance chief executive Tory Bruno stated Friday that the issue has been”sorted out,” and the full scale, flight-configured […]