USAF looks for commercial delivery of cargo with rocket

The US military expands an experimental program that could one day see the spatial force uses reusable rockets to move materials and equipment on the planet. By CNBC, the Pentagon advances on a project called Rocket Cargo where he will study the spaceship that can land on a variety of surfaces and aerial supplies after reaffirming the atmosphere. The Air Force requested $ 47.9 million during fiscal year 2022 to continue work on Rocket freight. Most of these funds will go to the prototype remuneration that the department wishes to test in the field and simulations.

The project “will demonstrate new trajectories and ways to drive large rockets, the ability to dig up rockets at austere places and to design and test an ejectable bump for the airfall,” said the air force in its budget proposal. “The Air Force Ministry seeks to take advantage of multi-billion dollar business investments in progress to develop the largest rockets of all time and, with a total reuse to develop and test the ability to take advantage of a rocket Commercial to offer an AF cargo anywhere on the ground less than an hour, with a capacity of 100 tons. “

The document does not mention SPACEX specifically, but as CNBC highlights, the Rocket Heavy Phone of Development Heavy Rocket is best suited to the invoice of what the military want. He also worked with Spacex, as well as the corporate exploration architecture, when he started working on the project last year. The thing is that Starship has not yet reached the orbit and has recently landed successfully in one piece during a test flight.

Anyway, the army prevents its options. “We talked to a number of suppliers that we see potentially at the table to participate in these contracts,” said Dr. Greg Spanjers, led by research on the cargo of the project, said Friday. “Spacex is certainly the most visible, no question about it … [But] What you are trying to do is go in an orbital trajectory or a suborbital trajectory, bring the payload and land on the planet earth . There are several companies that have this technological capacity today, not just Spacex. “The army stated that it is also willing to consider less obvious candidates, partly to encourage more activity in space.