A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from historic launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US on February 6, 2018 (Reuters)
Air Force Magazine: DOD, SpaceX May Soon Prove the Military Can Ship Cargo Through Space
A military team is working with SpaceX to flesh out the prospect of shipping routes that pass through space, the head of U.S. Transportation Command said Oct. 7.
That group could demonstrate as early as 2021 whether quickly sending cargo around the globe via space is feasible, Army Gen. Stephen R. Lyons said.
“Think about moving the equivalent of a C-17 payload anywhere on the globe in less than an hour,” Lyons said at a National Defense Transportation Association event. “Think about that speed associated with the movement of transportation of cargo and people. There is a lot of potential here.”
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Update: Weapons dropped from orbit anywhere on Earth within an hour? DoD asks SpaceX to prove it’s viable (RT)
WNU Editor: I am confident that SpaceX will be capable of dropping a load of cargo to anyplace in the world within a very short period of time. But I am also confident that it will not be cheap.
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