Without looking it up, just going off the number, that Air Force contract doesn’t mean much. There’s a standing grant that space companies vie for every year. Almost certainly the Air Force didn’t say "do this." SpaceX said "we want to do this, give us money."
Without looking it up, just going off the number, that Air Force contract doesn’t mean much. There’s a standing grant that space companies vie for every year. Almost certainly the Air Force didn’t say "do this." SpaceX said "we want to do this, give us money."