By Andrea Owe, Published by RUSI, 15 Jun 2022 When expanding into outer space, humanity risks magnifying past mistakes, ones that have triggered a global state of unsustainability. The international community must engage now to ensure strategies for a space era support sustainability on Earth and prepare for a sustainable
By Courtney Albon, Published by C4ISRNET, 15 June 2022 WASHINGTON — When Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman thinks about how the Space Force will train its Guardians and test its systems in the future, he pictures an integrated, digital infrastructure. Saltzman, the service’s deputy chief of space operations, cyber and nuclear,
By Lucas Maaser and Stephanie Verlaan, Published by Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, 15 June 2022 Pulling back the veil on Big Tech’s missing moral compass Imagine being instructed by your employer to build a product that will be used to wage war, even end the life of another. Imagine its purpose
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 14 June 2022 The contract will support experiments in optical uplinks and downlinks between satellites in geostationary and low Earth orbits WASHINGTON — BlueHalo won an $11 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop a pair of optical laser communications terminals
By Cristian Agatie, Published by autorevolution, 14 June 2022 SpaceX has already launched around 2,000 satellites for its Starlink internet service and is now prepared to take it to the next level. Elon Musk has announced that the company will turn on laser inter-communication between satellites to dramatically reduce latency.
By Stephen Chen Published by South China Morning Post, 13 June 2022 The team ran thousands of simulated space battles in which the hunters developed the ability to ‘trick’ their target Researchers believe there will be no role for humans in this type of conflict, with AI being used to
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 12 June 2022 This new procurement of satellites – known as the NExT experimental testbed – replaces a previous SDA program called T1DES WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency is looking to acquire as many as 10 satellites to host military payloads for experiments
By Kristine Liao, Published by Popular Science, 11 June 2022 The FAA is expected to decide by June 13 on whether the Starship can launch from Boca Chica. After years of development, the SpaceX Starship is rumbling to life for its first big launch. But before the 164-foot-tall rocket can
