Air Force open to reusable rockets, but SpaceX must first demonstrate performance
The Air Force has not determined when it might allow reused hardware instead of brand-new Falcon 9 Block 5 rockets.
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Sandra Erwin writes about military space programs, policy, technology and the industry that supports this sector.
She has covered the military, the Pentagon, Congress and the defense industry for nearly two decades as editor of NDIA’s National Defense Magazine and Pentagon correspondent for Real Clear Defense.
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Policy & PoliticsDARPA’s next project: Design a Space Development Agency
A DARPA team will “inventory the DoD space-based command-and-control capabilities, identify critical gaps, deficiencies and inefficiencies in our existing architectures."
