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The US military is starting to get really interested in Starship:
As part of last week's federal budget rollout, a process during which the White House proposes funding levels for fiscal year 2022, the US Air Force released its "justification book" to compare its current request to past budget data. The 462-page book contains a lot of information about how the Air Force spends its approximately $200 billion budget.
For those tracking the development of SpaceX's ambitious Starship vehicle, there is an interesting tidbit tucked away on page 305, under the heading of "Rocket Cargo" (see .pdf). The Air Force plans to invest $47.9 million into this project in the coming fiscal year, which begins October 1.
"The Department of the Air Force seeks to leverage the current multi-billion dollar commercial investment to develop the largest rockets ever, and with full reusability to develop and test the capability to leverage a commercial rocket to deliver AF cargo anywhere on the Earth in less than one hour, with a 100-ton capacity," the document states.
Starship, more than just an expensive ride. Quick military equipment delivery en route.
(Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Tuesday June 01 2021, @11:08PM (1 child)
It sounds gross when you put it like that, but then I think that it will be for a lot of people who need chipped beef on toast, and will need more than one meal. So if we think of it as enough chipped beef on toast to supply 10,000 people with multiple weeks worth of food, then it still sounds pretty gross.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 01 2021, @11:53PM
Indians love their beef . . .