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August 23rd, 2024
Rendering depicts Outpost’s Carryall on re-entry.
Image credit: Outpost
Testing of a scalable heat shield, payload bus and a unique paragliding system for dispatching cargo quickly to designated Earth locations has received a funding boost from the U.S. Space Force.
“Our Outpost Space team has worked extremely hard during the last two years to pioneer multi-ton Earth return to support our government and advance development of the space economy,” said Jason Dunn, Founder and CEO of Outpost Technologies (Outpost Space).
Just in time delivery
Outpost was awarded a $33.2 million Strategic Funding Increase award from SpaceWERX, a high-tech arm of the U.S. Space Force. The work advances the concept of transporting warehouse cargo on orbit for just in time delivery anywhere on Earth.
Image credit: Outpost
This year’s SpaceWERX 24.2 STRATFI selections included 8 other firms to support the U.S. Space Force with details found at:
Microgravity manufacturing
“For the U.S. Space Force this will support hypersonic testing, delivery and reentry missions to protect the lives of military personnel so that military aviators no longer need to fly through dangerous airspace to complete deliveries of payloads and goods,” Dunn said in a company statement.
Outpost is also moving forward in using its Carryall ferry vehicle to enable manufacturing in microgravity of valuable materials, such as fiber optic cable, that can be produced with 10 times lower latency in space, according to the group.
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