Inversion Space

It is an exorbitant solution searching for a problem.

Well, through heavy financial backing from the Department of Defense and rapid technological momentum from companies like Sierra Space, Inversion Space and SpaceX, this concept is already proving technically viable.

But before we get into the heavy physics of how this might work, I want to establish the why.

You know, why is the military and a whole cohort of private startups pouring so much money into this? Tens of millions of dollars.

The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded SpaceX a $149 million rocket cargo contract.

Which is mostly theoretical studies of the space.

But Inversion Space secured a $71 million contract for its ARC reentry vehicle, so hardware is being built.

We are witnessing a paradigm shift toward a sort of 1-800 airdrop capability.