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The Future of Military Logistics in Space

Podcast: NatSec Tech · Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP

Opublikowano: 2026-10-21

What if space became a parking lot for munitions? Michael Hochberg, founder and president of Paraplus LLC, joins the show to make the case for pre-positioning military supplies in low Earth orbit. Drawing on his recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, he argues that reusable heavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could let the U.S. deorbit munitions, drones, and other cargo anywhere on the globe within minutes to a couple of hours, without relying on foreign bases that host nations may close off at a critical moment. The conversation covers how the idea compares in cost and sp...