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posted by martyb on Tuesday June 01 2021, @09:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the logistics++ dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Wednesday June 02 2021, @12:43AM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Wednesday June 02 2021, @12:43AM (#1140900) Journal

    Space Force doesn't have much cargo or Space Marines to transport yet. They're more Chair Force than the Air Force ever was.

    The U.S. Army might become a big user of Starship. [spacenews.com]

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  • (Score: 2) by looorg on Wednesday June 02 2021, @01:02AM

    by looorg (578) on Wednesday June 02 2021, @01:02AM (#1140904)

    But they WANT to have Space Marines. So they'll need something cool to attract them. So when you are standing there at the recruitment office and GI Joe tells you that you can go in boats, and helicopters or a SPACESHIP it just doesn't become much of a competition does it?