
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Van Kleeck on Rocket Engine Development, Getting to Mars
Julie Van Kleeck, vice president for advanced space and launch at Aerojet Rocketdyne, discusses the company’s portfolio of rocket engine and launch-related work, its design philosophy, its role in the quest to reach Mars, competing in a changing space environment, the RS-25 and RS-68 rocket engines, cost-cutting efforts, lessons learned and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian on May 10 at Aerojet Rocketdyne’s facility at NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage and travel to Stennis were sponsored by Aerojet Rocketdyne.