By David Hambling, Published by Forbes, 24 July 2020 The American and British governments have criticized Russia for testing "what would appear to be actual in-orbit anti-satellite weaponry" according to Dr. Christopher Ford, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State. The test involved “nesting doll” or “Matryoshka” satellites stalking an American
Perchlorate, a chemical compound used in rocket fuels (such as the Space Shuttle’s solid propellant seen here during the program’s final launch in 2011) and other materials, may be a more hazardous pollutant than previously thought. Credit: M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine, using NASA and public domain images. By Julia
By Baxter Dmitry, Published by News Punch, 9 May 2020 Almost every corner of the planet will soon be monitored by video surveillance satellites capable of live-streaming coverage of human activity for “governments and large enterprises”— if Bill Gates gets his way. Microsoft founder Bill Gates is bankrolling a company
By Bruce Gagnon, May 09, 2020 Due to the virus pandemic our annual Global Network meeting (scheduled for Ottawa in May along with many other groups in a coalition conference) was cancelled. Thus we have needed to bring together our board members via Internet and did so last night.Twenty of
The National Reconnaissance Office's sixth and final mission of 2020 launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Dec. 19. (SpaceX) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 4 May 2020 WASHINGTON: For the first time, Space Command is working with the operator and builder of America’s spy satellites, the
On April 17, 2020, The GN and Yorkshire CND joined forces to organise a webinar on: War in Space: Weaponizing the ‘Final Frontier’ and Building a Gloabl Citizen Movement to Stop it! The webinar brought together key activists from the US and the UK to discuss the latest news and views
Protesters outside the event (Image: Greg Martin / Cornwall Live) By Mike Smallcombe, Published by Cornwall Live, 22 January 2020 CORNWALL SPACEPORT PROTEST A small group of climate change campaigners gathered outside a Spaceport talk to protest against the £20 million project. The three campaigners claim that the “disruption” was
By Tom McKay, Published by Gizmodo, 17 January 2020 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who has previously conceded that many of the people whom he desires to send to Mars must be prepared to risk death in the process, has sweetened the deal with the hint of some indentured servitude. On Thursday
