HERE'S HOW MUCH DOD WANTS FOR ITS TRIO OF SPACE ORGANIZATIONS

摘要

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Defense Department's fiscal 2020 budget asks for $306 million to overhaul its space enterprise: standing up the headquarters of the Space Force, establishing U.S. Space Command and creating a Space Development Agency geared toward rapidly acquiring cutting-edge space technology. Of those three organizations, it's the Space Development Agency that is projected to be the most expensive effort, costing $149.8 million in new funding that cannot be transferred from other parts of the budget. It's unclear what this money will go toward. The budget provides a general description of the role of the SDA, saying it will "have a development mindset and will be focused on experimentation, prototyping and accelerated fielding, as well as leveraging commercial technologies and services." However, it does not lay out why the SDA's stand-up costs are equal to that of U.S. Space Command and the Space Force combined.