DOD Aims High With Ambitious Launch Plans for Space

摘要

he Pentagon is betting on a new era of satellites and launch, driven by the Air Force's transformation of its own space enterprise as well as the entrance of another major player: the Space Development Agency. SDA and the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center are taking their own first steps toward faster, more flexible launches that will push US space assets to new orbits, even as the debate over whether and how to stand up a new military service for space continues in Washington, D.C.