Is a Space Ship One type space craft destined for military purposes? According to the Marines, aye-sir!
The Chief is impressed by this idea!
The space insertion project, dubbed Hot Eagle, seems a bit far-fetched. Despite the obvious technological obstacles, military and defense contracting officials say that developing a craft that would accomplish the SUSTAIN mission is feasible.
This article has links to several sites covering this concept in more detail, and in a serious way, like this one in The Space Review.
There are obvious Sci-fi concepts that come to mind. In spite of the most obvious: Heinlien’s “drop ships” as illustrated in his book, and incorrectly in the Starship Troopers movie, the Chief thinks a better model are the space marine “assault shuttles” as presented in David Weber’s “Honorverse” books.
Sci-fi or not, this sounds like a plan to the Chief…go for it!