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New Glenn, OmegA and Vulcan Get Air Force Approval
Yes, I know I just woke up and the Soyuz story needs to be covered, that'll be done in a couple of hours. However here's what I recorded last night about the Air Force funding of these 2 future launch vehicles, which is big news for US launch industry.
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