{"id":440,"date":"2020-07-22T10:40:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T10:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/?p=440"},"modified":"2020-07-22T10:41:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T10:41:17","slug":"the-pentagon-wants-a-military-space-station-and-signed-a-contract-with-sierra-nevada-corporation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/the-pentagon-wants-a-military-space-station-and-signed-a-contract-with-sierra-nevada-corporation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pentagon wants a military space station and signed a contract with Sierra Nevada Corporation"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Department of Defense has quietly awarded a contract for the Sierra Nevada Corporation to turn its Shooting Star cargo spacecraft into a small experimental space station,\u00a0The Drive<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to the publication, the Pentagon signed a contract with the Sierra Nevada Corporation<\/a> (SNC) that provides for the transformation of a small cargo ship into an experimental space mini-station. The equipment has been developed by the company since 2016, with the objective of being a transport vehicle to refuel the International Space Station (ISS).<\/p>\n In particular, SNC\u2019s Shooting Star transport vehicle serves as the core structure for the proposed design. The company is already looking at sending such a space station to orbits far beyond the ISS, including geosynchronous Earth orbits, and even cislunar orbits.<\/p>\n There would even be the possibility of manned missions at the experimental station, according to the vehicle, should the Pentagon wish, although the original project does not describe this. \u201cThe possible applications for the Shooting Star<\/a> are really endless,\u201d commented SNC CEO Fatih Ozmen, in a statement released by the aerospace company.<\/p>\n