The Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital has committed $150 million loans each to Stoke Space and Rocket Lab, marking the first major launch-sector investments from the organization. This move reflects growing US military concerns about a future launch capacity gap once SpaceX phases out its Falcon rockets in favor of Starship.
Background
SpaceX's Falcon 9 is the workhorse of US government launches, but the company is redirecting resources toward Starship and halting commercial Falcon 9 orders after 2028, raising concerns about sustained launch capacity for national security missions.
- Source
- Ars Technica
- Published
- Nov 11, 2026 at 07:02 AM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10