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Senate hearing on National Security Space Launch Programs with Elon Musk

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What it is

Video of the March 2014 Senate Defense Subcommittee hearing on National Security Space Launch programs. Elon Musk of SpaceX testifies alongside ULA's CEO, a GAO official and a policy expert, on launch contracts and Russian engines.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as an entertaining and informative look at the SpaceX versus ULA rivalry.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2016

What HN commenters said

  1. “I watched a senate hearing where Elon Musk squares off with the ULA. It's awesome.”

    Musk squares off with ULA in a Senate hearing.

    andrewtbham, 2014-04 · Strong recommendation · in “SpaceX Successfully Soft-Landed Booster Rocket in the Atlantic”

  2. “The whole committe hearing is interesting”

    Musk answers Senator Shelby's question; whole hearing interesting.

    arjunnarayan, 2014-04 · Recommendation · in “SpaceX Successfully Soft-Landed Booster Rocket in the Atlantic”

  3. “I found the following Senate hearing to be quite entertaining”

    Entertaining Senate hearing of Musk versus ULA's CEO.

    josefresco, 2014-05 · Recommendation · in “SpaceX granted injunction in rocket launch suit against Lockheed-Boeing”

  4. “This is good context for the tension between ULA and SpaceX”

    Context for the tension between ULA and SpaceX.

    taf2, 2016-10 · Recommendation · in “Implication of sabotage adds intrigue to SpaceX investigation”

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Topics: spacex, ula, elon musk, senate hearing, rocket engines, defense contracts

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