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Despite laying off its 21 remaining employees, XCOR Aerospace isn’t dead yet. But, it’s not in real good shape, either. It turns out that a major blow to the company was the loss of a contract with United Launch Alliance (ULA) to develop an upper stage for the Vulcan booster. The primary impetus for the layoffs, Acting CEO and XCOR Board member Michael Blum told me, is the loss of […]https://parabolicarc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/xcor_lynx_hotfire-100215.jpg