On 16/2/22 18:57, Stephen Loosley wrote:
... Thus I suppose we should listen to experts ...“Rocket cargo delivery represents the beginnings of a techno-strategy ...
There are US government agencies, think tanks, and company divisions, devoted to such "blue sky" thinking. Every now and then, a wacky proposal will turn out to be useful (such as the Internet, or Australia's "Nulka" hovering rocket), but most will never fly.
There is usually a much simpler, cheaper, practical alternative. For example, instead of flying jeeps (a DARPA project), use drones for reconnaissance. Instead of aquaplaning armored vehicles (US Marine Corps), transport tanks in high speed landing craft.
Rather than cargo rockets, to supplement heavy lift aircraft, the US military has 12 Australian designed fast transport ships. These can move 300 troops and 600 tons of equipment at 80 kph, & put them ashore by helicopter. Not as exciting as a rocket, but much cheaper and more versatile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spearhead-class_expeditionary_fast_transport
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