DARPA moving forward with drone ‘space plane’

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<p>‘The US military’s research arm says its robotic “space pla e” program has receive f i g for the ext phase of evelopme t. Aimi g to provi e a q icker a cheaper way to la ch satellites, the still-co cept al vehicle may fly as early as 2019.</p>
<p>The Experime tal Spacepla e (XS-1) program is i te e to prove that “ro ti e a respo sive access to space ca be achieve at costs a or er of mag it e lower tha with to ay’s systems,” accor i g to Jess Spo able, program ma ager at the Defe se A va ce Research Projects Age cy (DARPA).</p>
<p>After reviewi g st ies s bmitte by several aerospace co glomerates, DARPA has ow iss e a call for esig proposals. The ea li e for s bmissio s is J ly 22.’</p>
<p><a href="https://www.rt.com/ sa/345110- arpa-space-pla e- ro e/? tm_so rce=browser& tm_me i m=aplicatio _chrome& tm_campaig =chrome" target="_bla k">Rea more: DARPA movi g forwar with ro e ‘space pla e’</a></p>