article_snippet.sent: United Launch Alliance has unveiled radical plans to launch a reusable rocket named 'Vulcan' in 2019.
article_snippet.sent: Vulcan will use new engines, mid-air recovery and a new upper stage aimed at enabling complex on-orbit manoeuvres.
article_snippet.sent: Vulcan appears to have timed the announcement to overshadow SpaceX' launch of Falcon 9, which today hoped to prove that reusable rockets are viable.
article_snippet.sent: United Launch Alliance has unveiled a radical plans for reusable rocket named 'Vulcan' that is slated to take off in 2019.  
article_snippet.sent: Vulcan will use new engines, mid-air recovery and a new upper stage aimed at enabling complex on-orbit manoeuvres .
article_snippet.sent: Hours after unveiling its next-generation 'Vulcan' rocket,  United Launch Alliance (ULA), ran into its first problem - the rocket's name. '
article_snippet.sent: next-generation 'Vulcan' is a trademark of Vulcan Inc. and we have informed ULA of we trademark rights,' Chuck Beames, president of the Paul Allen-backed Vulcan Aerospace, told Reuters. '
article_snippet.sent: ULA, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing Co, selected next-generation 'Vulcan' as the name of next-generation 'Vulcan' new booster, which will be developed in phases beginning in 2019, after next-generation 'Vulcan' won more than 1 million votes in a crowdsourcing initiative. '
article_snippet.sent: Bruno declined to say how much Vulcan's development will cost, but added such efforts typically run at least $2 billion.
highlights_snippet.sent: Vulcan plans to use new engines, mid-air recovery and new upper stage .
  