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The Military Finds the Universe Spacious and the Departure Board Full
· New York time
US military officials are concerned about constrained launch capacity, according to reporting on the supply crunch. The problem is not a shortage of room in space, but the availability of the services needed to get payloads there. A mission depends on a launch fitting into a schedule as well as on the spacecraft itself. Tight capacity can make access to a launch an important planning constraint for an organization that relies on space. Ambitious plans still have to pass through a very practical queue on the ground. The contrast is especially neat for an industry that measures distances on a grand scale. There may be a great deal of space beyond Earth, but that does not create an extra departure slot. The universe is open for business; getting there requires checking the calendar.
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