Concern about the Boeing test-launch of a "mammoth new rocket" [View All]

[mdhunter]

So, the DOD contracted Boeing to build a new vehicle to get heavy things into space.

You can read the CNN article here

So, at the end of it there is this quote...

"Air Force Col. Mark Owen said the launch was a milestone in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, funded by the Air Force to create a new generation of rockets to lift heavy military payloads into orbit.

"America has a lot riding on this," he said.

Anyone else a little wary about that? A) I'm not sure I want heavy military payloads going anywhere, least of all into orbit around the Earth. B) I'm love to know, exactly, who was polled to determine that "America" has "a lot" riding on "this." And, any explanation of "this" would also be appreciated. I figure the least they could do, after pissing away $140 million for todays fireworks display, is clue us in on what they'll be sending up and, shudder to think, why.