The United Launch Alliance's new rocket will be called Vulcan
SpaceX is about to attempt its next Falcon 9 launch, but that didn’t stop the United Launch Alliance (ULA) from concurrently announcing the winning name in its rocket-naming contest. The new rocket will be built by Boeing and Lockheed Martin — the two partner companies that make up the ULA — and it will be called Vulcan.
You chose it…the name for #AmericasRocket is #VulcanRocket! pic.twitter.com/nRDQ3jBhOy
— ULA (@ulalaunch) April 13, 2015
The online competition ran for almost a month, and people were able to vote as much as they liked. Vulcan won out over options like Eagle, Freedom, GalaxyOne, and Zeus, even though it was added a few days after the contest began.
Up until now the ULA has been using older rockets like…
Source:: The Verge
