DARPA Set to Deliver New Space Capabilities
8/14/2020
By Jon Harper
The roots of the Pentagon’s so-called “Department of Mad Scientists†— the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — go back to the dawn of the Space Age, shortly after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957. Some of its first projects included the development of advanced spy satellites.
More than six decades later, DARPA’s missions have expanded to computing, material sciences and a host of other advanced technologies, but the agency maintains a firm foothold in the development of new rockets and spacecraft.
DARPA programs again have the potential to revolutionize U.S. space capabilities as the military tries to maintain superiority over China and Russia in the ultimate high ground.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2020/8/14/darpa-set-to-deliver-new-space-capabilities
