ULA is stuck with SLS, which had its high-level design micromanaged by Congress in a way that guaranteed it will fail (at everything except collecting government funding). It makes sense that Bruno is jumping ship shortly before the reckoning comes for SLS, to a company where success is possible.
gessha•1mo ago
Scott Manley made a comment about him leaving ULA in his recent video and it sounded like Tory Bruno made a good mark on the company.
Boeing has the contract for SLS, not ULA. Boeing owns 50% of ULA, with Lockheed Martin owning the other 50%. But SLS is a Boeing product not a ULA one. ULA's main rocket now is the Vulcan, with a few more Atlas V launches left.
LarsAlereon•1mo ago
Tory Bruno seems cool, and my impression is that he's been held back by a conservative, risk-averse culture in the ULA board that really only worked until SpaceX and other competitors proved themselves.
chews•1mo ago