Serious question: can applicants be assured that the project won't be used to kill people? One can never be too sure when government grants are paying the bills.
That said, with so many viable missile platforms, why would Blue Origin be used for that?
I know very little about the vertical. As a matter of principle, I typically avoid gigs that involve government funding. However, this one is more interesting than most.
What do you mean?
The only company I've worked for for any length of time that was funded in part by government funds was WNYC, which was a blast!
Public Radio to me is one of those times where the broken clock happens to show the right time of day. Sure, it's government funding, but the content we created was really stellar.
I mean, on some higher political level, there's always the "you use the roads" argument, but I'm talking about having to report to someone in the government about how their funding is being used. That's what I object to.
But if you're worried about launching military communication satellites, well, they probably will be at some point.
[1] Not my view of what's worthwhile of course.
It is the world's nature.