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fromwww.businessinsider.com
3 days agoThe Pentagon is putting industry on a key 'Golden Dome' weapon that military leaders have said might ultimately be too expensive
The Department of Defense selected 12 companies to develop space-based interceptors for the Golden Dome missile defense system amid cost concerns.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 year agoTrump wants a Golden Dome over America. Here's what it would take
Trump proposes a complex and costly missile defense system called Golden Dome, which seeks to utilize space-based interceptors.
Golden Dome will differ significantly from Israel's Iron Dome, given the scale and missile threat faced by the U.S.
fromArs Technica
6 months agoRocket Report: China tests Falcon 9 lookalike; NASA's Moon rocket fully stacked
Two companies, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and China's LandSpace, could join SpaceX's exclusive club as soon as next month. (Bezos might claim he's already part of the club, but there's a distinction to be made.) Each company is in the final stages of launch preparations-Blue Origin for its second New Glenn rocket, and LandSpace for the debut flight of its Zhuque-3 rocket.
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