Should the Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton consolidate with its Navy counterpart in Monterey? The BRAC Commission raised that question. The answer is “No,” says outgoing Air Force Materiel Command chief Gen. Gregory Martin. He told Timothy Gaffney of the Dayton Daily News that there’s no clear “cost benefit” moving either school. The Pentagon agreed on that and the issue of privatization. Martin said some things are “ready-made” for privatization, others merely “sound good.”
NASA, SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance are all preparing to launch their next-gen rockets from Florida’s Space Coast, two of them before the year is out. One is expected to liberate the U.S. launch enterprise from its reliance on Russian-made RD-180 engines, while all three rockets could eventually carry astronaut crews.