From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Theo, July 21st. The systems update — five tech stories that bear on what's coming next. Let's get into it. First, from Ars Technica. The Space Force is now seeking to buy up to $30 billion in rocket launches. It seems as though $5.6 billion wasn't enough. That was the news from the US Space Force on Friday, when military officials announced they were tripling the maximum value of one of the service's National Security Space Launch contracts to $17 billion. The expansion of the Space Force's National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 contract comes as the Pentagon signals rising demand for military satellite launches. Next. Second, from The Verge. SpaceX in your index fund, explained. Index funds are touted as one of the safest ways to invest. Rather than picking and choosing individual stocks, index funds let you bet on the market as a whole. So what happens when a company like SpaceX - a giant gamble, and, in my opinion, terribly over