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Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 31, 2024 - Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a provider of in-space transportation services, has secured a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to support the design and in-space dem

Momentus will support a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency effort to improve in-space construction capabilities under a new contract.

The Pentagon's designs on cislunar space are viewed by some as a “demarcation that we shouldn’t cross.”

The B-SURE bio-bugs program is a first baby step in using biology to create a space-based supply chain, reducing reliance on materials launched from Earth.

DARPAs New Space Program Stirs Worldwide Concern Published: February 16, 2021 A new space technology exploration program announced by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency is riling up international opposition as the race to mine space heats up On the same day that Joe Biden obtained the Electoral College majority needed to become president of the United States, a metallic asteroid roughly half the size of New York City made its closest approach to earth. Far from indulging in apocalyp...

By   Theresa Hitchens on February 12, 2021 at 5:06 PM DARPA NOM4D project image WASHINGTON: DARPA’s new project to research and develop novel materials and processes for manufacturing in space — in particular on the Moon — is stirring a legal and political dust storm about what DoD can and cannot do in cislunar space under the Outer Space Treaty. “From an international perspective, DARPA doing anything on the Moon looks bad. It raises suspicions about the intentions of the U.S. space...

Darpa investigates commercial sector support for Moon manufacturing The US’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) is to survey the private sector about developing designs and materials for building large structures on the Moon. The R&D organisation, which operates within the United States Department of Defense, has announced its “Novel Orbital and Moon Manufacturing, Materials and Mass-efficient Design” (NOM4D, pronounced “NOMAD) programme. Highlighting the increasing suppo...