By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 6 May 2021 As space becomes more crowded, there’s little hope for new international rules to make it safer. Debris from a crashing Chinese rocket hurtling toward Earth and a Russian projectile-shooting spy satellite are the two examples of a big problem: too
By Staff Writers, Published by Space Daily, 5 May 2021 Long Beach CA (SPX) - Virgin Orbit, Richard Branson's responsive space company, reports that its UK subsidiary, Virgin Orbit UK Ltd., has signed a new manufacturing agreement with AVS Added Value Solutions UK (AVS) to build the Transportable Ground Operating
By Jacqueline Feldscher, Published by Defense One, 4 May 2021 A space-focused branch of the Guard would aim to give the Space Force “a surge-to-war capability” in times of conflict. The National Guard will soon deliver recommendations to the defense secretary on how to establish a space-focused component of the
Published by Japan Times, 3 May 2021 KYODO - The government is accelerating improvements in the Self-Defense Forces’ outer space, cyberspace and electromagnetic spectrum capabilities in the face of Chinese and Russian military buildups. Together with the conventional land, sea and air domains, having advantages in the new fields is
By Zachary Cohen and Karie Bo Williams, Published by CNN, 3 May 2021 Washington (CNN) - The Biden administration is considering using outside firms to track extremist chatter by Americans online, an effort that would expand the government's ability to gather intelligence but could draw criticism over surveillance of US
By Robert Reich, Published by salon, 2 May 2021 Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos want to colonize outer space to save humanity, but they couldn't care less about protecting the rights of workers here on earth. Musk's SpaceX just won a $2.9 billion NASA contract to land astronauts on the
By Ali Bekhtauri, Published by Phys.org, 2 May 2021 Even the Milky Way seems too small to keep the egos of tech billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk from colliding as they vie to conquer space. Musk aimed low with a recent tweet saying "can't get it up (to orbit)"
By Staff Writers, Published by Space Daily, 1 May 2021 Berlin, Germany (SPX) - Many new satellites are smaller and lighter than ever before. They are usually launched as 'co-passengers' together with other, larger satellites whose operators define the launch conditions. But a distinct class of launcher systems have now
