The outgoing head of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) said last week he’d move ahead with a new rocket engine program if he was provided the funding. Air Force Gen. William Shelton said a new rocket engine program would not only benefit the domestic industrial base but would help the United States regain world leadership in liquid rocket propulsion. “I think there’s a national security imperative here,” Shelton told reporters at the Pentagon. “I think we need a mitigation strategy…
