The U.S. military is considering potential use cases for cargo delivery via rocket, drawing upon existing space vehicles, such as (from left) SpaceX’s Starship, Rocket Lab’s Electron, Blue Origin’s New Glenn and Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser launch vehicles.
Credit: (from left) SpaceX, Rocket Lab, Blue Origin and Sierra Space
The U.S. Air Force is exploring whether commercially built rockets might replicate the seamless logistics operations of UPS trucks and FedEx aircraft within the next decade. While transporting a batch of Humvees remains easier and cheaper by sea or air than by space for the foreseeable future, U.S...
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