USAF Searches For Alternatives To Russian Rocket Engines -- Wow! Who Would Have Guessed; Obama Legacy

Air Force searches for alternatives to Russian rocket engines. This is amazing, a huge story. Obama legacy. Again. Several story lines here. It's bad enough the US isn't even making its own rocket engines any more but the nation depends on the Russians. What's wrong with that picture?

The Wall Street Journal is reporting: 

America's little-known reliance on Russian technology to launch its most sophisticated spy satellites into space has emerged as a major issue in a burgeoning dispute between private space companies. After a series of launch failures in the 1990s cost the Air Force six satellites, the military began searching for a reliable, cheap alternative to its existing rocket engines.

The Clinton administration at the time was pushing to strengthen ties with Moscow, and the U.S. opted to use Russian-made engines that were then considered sophisticated and reliable space technology.

Another Obama legacy.  He's had six years to work the problem that the Clintons started. But at least we know Hillary's health is great.