The US military is expanding an experimental program that could one day see the Space Force use reusable rockets to move material and equipment across the planet..
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The U.S. military is expanding a development program that wants to leverage reusable rockets, like those of SpaceX, to deliver cargo anywhere in the world.
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TRANSCOM Rethinking Sealift in Future Conflict for New Study
May 25, 2021 5:17 PM
Expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) departs Naval Base Guam, passing the MSC expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Fall River (T-EPF 4) and marking the start of Pacific Partnership 2019. Navy photo
A military mobility study due out in June will place a greater emphasis on smaller, lower-draft vessels that will ferry supplies, troops and vehicles inside a theater, U.S. Transportation Command’s top general said on Tuesday.
The upcoming TRANSCOM Mobility Capability Study, the first since 2018, is set to map out an integrated approach to how the Defense Department will provide logistics for the next era of conflict that “assumes the United States is not a sanctuary,” Army Gen. Stephen Lyons said at the Hudson Institute on Tuesday.
Astroport Space Technologies, awarded a NASA Technology Research contract for lunar construction
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SAN ANTONIO, May 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Astroport Space Technologies, Inc. was awarded a NASA Phase 1 Small Business Technology Transfer contract (STTR) for development of its lunar regolith melting technology for constructing landing pads on the Moon.
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Astroport and its research institution partner, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) will jointly develop technology for an Induction Furnace-Nozzle for Forming and Placing Lunar Regolith Bricks for Landing Pad Construction . NASA selected 289 small businesses and 47 research institutions to receive Phase I funding for its