Putting Space to the Test

摘要

As the U.S. Defense Department seeks to speed development and acquisition of on-orbit space capabilities, the U.S. Air Force Space Development and Test Wing at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., stands out as an example of what the Pentagon hopes to achieve.rnThe wing, which includes the Space Test Program and Space Development Group, delivers small, experimental spacecraft geared toward research and development efforts in as little as 12 months and has ambitions to dramatically shorten the time it takes to build and launch a satellite.