Image: Wikipedia By Subrata Ghoshroy, Buletin of Atomic Scientists - 24 September, 2020 The program to develop a missile defense system to protect the United States mainland has existed in one form or another for nearly six decades. Though it was controversial from the beginning and faced nearly unsurmountable technical
This photo was taken by an amateur astronomer in a suburban location in Western Australia. The circular tracks are stars. The much brighter straight tracks are all satellites, except for one track which is a meteor. By Stuart Clark, Published by the Guardian, 12 September 2020 Miniature satellites open up
Image: Detroit Free Press By Eric D. LawrenceDetroit Free Press - 8 August 2020 Mary Little had just finished making a batch of thimbleberry jam, and she had a few things to say about a proposed vertical rocket launch site in the wilds of the Upper Peninsula. “Anything that close
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
By Karl Grossman, Published by Counter Punch, 25 June 2020 The United States “must be capable of winning wars that extend into space,” asserts a just-released “Defense Space Strategy” report. It is the first space strategy document issued by the U.S. since President Donald Trump, after declaring that the U.S.
From UK Space Agency, Published by: UK Government News, 17 June 2020 The UK and US governments have signed a new agreement paving the way for US companies to operate from UK spaceports and export space launch technology. UK Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for
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
