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AFSPC Chief Comfortable With Flying Military Payloads On Used Rockets

AFSPC Chief Comfortable With Flying Military Payloads On Used Rockets
Air Force Space Command chief Gen. John Raymond (left) and 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) chief Lt. Gen. David Buck brief reporters April 6 at the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo. Photo: Defense Daily.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--The Air Force's top space officer is comfortable with the idea of flying military payloads on used rockets, granted they fulfill the normal military caveats for national security missions."They've proven they can do it," Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) chief Gen. John Raymond told reporters Thursday in regards to Space Exploration and Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully flying a used first stage during a communications satellite mission. "We'd make sure that we did it safely, with the oversight, we'd…

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