Former USFK Commander, General Abrams Joins “Green” Rocket Company
It looks like all the time General Abrams spent dealing with North Korea’s “Rocket Man” has inspired him to become a Rocket Man himself:
Retired Army Gen. Robert Abrams, the former commander of U.S. Forces Korea, has joined the “green” rocket engine manufacturer Vaya Space as a senior adviser, according to a company news release Thursday.
Abrams, who commanded roughly 28,500 U.S. troops in South Korea, also led U.N. Command and Combined Forces Command from 2018 until his retirement in 2021. He was succeeded by Army Gen. Paul LaCamera.
Florida-based Vaya Space manufactures rocket engines from recycled plastics and uses over 20 metric tons for each launch, according to its website. The company is scheduled to launch its first Dauntless vehicle later this year, which will be powered by ignited thermoplastics and liquid oxidizer.
Abrams said he chose to serve on Vaya Space’s board “because I became convinced that their technologies coupled with their excellent leadership team can make a tremendous difference for our country,” according to the company’s release.
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Da fuq?
“Florida-based Vaya Space manufactures rocket engines from recycled plastics and uses over 20 metric tons for each launch, according to its website. The company is scheduled to launch its first Dauntless vehicle later this year, which will be powered by ignited thermoplastics and liquid oxidizer”
Let me get this straight.
They collect pastic, and they “recycle” it by turning it into… plastic smoke?
This is… uh… green?
Old-timey rockets use hydrogen and oxygen, and their exhaust is water vapor… that sounds pretty green.
Recycling plastic into a foul-smelling stormcloud running from here to orbit sounds somewhat less green.
I guess its no worse than Germany “thermally reprocessing” over a billion expired masks.
Thermally reprocessing means “buring”, for you liberal arts majors.
Masks reprocessed into smoke.
I am seeing the pattern.
Add “green” to anything and get a kiss from Greta Thurnberg.
Say, come to think of it… I have some old tires that need some green processing. I could just toss those in the burn pit… er… thermal reprocessing site.
Guess it is better than joining the Red Rocket company….
Hard for me to trust Generals these days.
They don’t let you be a general unless you have joined the Red Rocket Company.
Matter-of-fact, to get much done in life, unless you have some really in-demand value, you will wake up every morning thinking you are Elton John.
“you will wake up every morning thinking you are Elton John.”
Chickenhead, you just opened my mind to what that song “Rocket Man” really means
Now you know what he is really doing when he burns his fuse up there alone.
The Germans occasionally make decent music; but all they’ve ever done with rockets is bomb England…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO0A0XcWy88
The British in reply complain the Germans are making it tough on them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bskD5Lddfo
But Elon is gonna need to hurry if he wants to rule Mars…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg7nYBp3wRQ