Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️"With Starfall, SpaceX eyes an edge in global cargo delivery from orbit" by @arstechnica / Stephen Clark - #SpaceX #Falcon9 launch today had a surprise experimental payload called "Starfall", announced just before launch to be a re-entry pod for #cargo delivery on suborbital flight or re-entry from orbit, landing by parachute wherever a probably-military cargo needs to go. Most details so far are from a public environmental statement for FAA. https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/06/with-starfall-spacex-eyes-an-edge-in-global-cargo-delivery-from-orbit/ #NewSpace #space #business
Hanno Rein@AstroHawk @arstechnica a cargo delivery for the military is also called a bomb
@hannorein Not necessarily. Bombs don't need parachutes to slow down for landing like cargo does. So that much makes the announcement plausible in the little amount they've said. ICBM capability has already existed for almost 70 years, and long-range self-guided cruise missiles for 45 years. And bombs don’t need reusable platforms.