Hypersonic technology has a lot of strategic military importance. This is a public signal of “we got something to Mach 5 and landed it in one piece - twice”.

Hypersonic technology has a lot of strategic military importance. This is a public signal of “we got something to Mach 5 and landed it in one piece - twice”. That’s a pretty good indicator to people who want to get in on hypersonic technology development (I.e. defense contractors) that Stratolaunch is open for business.