US Strategic Propellant Reserves: How Space Startups Can Benefit

In 2022, Tory Bruno, the CEO of United Launch Alliance (ULA), along with other experts, proposed an interesting idea: a U.S. Strategic Propellant Reserve. The proposal, if implemented, would support the US Space Force and the Department of Defense as well as helping US commercial space startups. This video looks at the proposal, focusing on its potential to help small space startups.

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00:00 Intro
01:19 A Three Trillion Cislunar Economy in the Next 30 Years
01:54 Where to Station Propellant Reserves?
04:11 Commercial Demand
05:43 Proposed Changes to the Propellant Storage Reserve
07:46 Propellant Locations and Rationale
07:53 Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
09:42 Low Lunar Orbit (LLO)
12:23 Lunar Surface
13:26 Mars Propellant Reserve
14:46 Final Thoughts
16:18 Outro

Sources:

US Strategic Propellant Reserve idea by Tory Bruno: https://medium.com/%40ToryBrunoULA/creation-of-a-u-s-strategic-propellant-reserve-b111044887e8