THE NEW SPACE RACE: Impulse Space wins $34.5 million contract for U.S. Space Force missions. “Under the contract, Impulse Space will deploy two orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) that will carry space surveillance payloads for missions intended to enhance U.S. military capabilities in space domain awareness. One mission will be launched to low Earth orbit (LEO) while the other will go to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO). These efforts are part of the U.S. Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) program, which is designed to leverage commercial technologies for the rapid deployment of satellites and other assets in response to national security needs.”

I’m not sure $34.5 million even gets you a face-to-face meeting with an Old Space contractor.