Revolutionizing Spaceflight

摘要

By the time this editorial is read, the dust will have settled on the president's new space strategy. Budget proposals will have started to work through the Congress, architectures will have been drafted, opinion pieces will opine upon numerous aspects of a moon-Mars plan, and industry will have weighed in to replicate a goal achieved when I was 6 years old. Meanwhile, a quiet revolution will have started away from the spotlight in obscure parts of America where a new breed of rocket ship will be taking flight. The suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicle will be finding its place in the skies of Ameri-ca and in the markets of the American consumer.