The U.S. military is suspending its efforts to secure a small Pacific island as the test landing site for a new program using rockets to rapidly deliver cargo anywhere on Earth.
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) Rocket Cargo Vanguard (RCV) program had eyed Johnston Atoll, part of a remote chain about 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) west-southwest of Hawaii's main island, as the location to build two rocket landing pads. Now, DAF is suspending those plans as it considers alternative sites, according to a report from Stars and Stripes.
