Flightglobal:As commercial spaceflight draws closer to reality, the US Department of Defense is officially interested. The National......Author: Stephen TrimbleDate: 23 February 2009Read the full article
Author: Stephen Trimble
Date: 23 February 2009
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I think it's more like a "phishing" exercise. It must be remembered that without USAF, DARPA etc support and loaned facilities, that SPACEX would have gone the way of Kistler who were obstructed at every turn by the U.S govt' in their path to field a completely reusable space launcher: something no govt' has succeeded in achieving.. This is probably the means by which USG keeps tabs on NGO space endeavours.