By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 30 July 2021 RSA won an SBIR contract funded by the Space Force to design a spacecraft with a solar-thermal propulsion system. WASHINGTON — A startup under contract to the U.S. Space Force is investigating the use of solar-powered vehicles for operations in
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 28 July 2021 Thompson: Nuclear propulsion 'holds the potential for significant advantages in terms of efficiency compared to standard chemical rockets' WASHINGTON — Space vehicles powered by small nuclear reactors — a technology that NASA believes could help get humans to Mars faster —
By Dave Webb, Posted by Yorkshire CND, 19 July 2021 The willingness of the UK to host another US military space facility seems like another ill-informed and short-sighted move in Boris Johnson’s vision of Britain remaining a significant force in the world. Although the proposed high powered radar installation is
By Mattha Busby, Published by the Guardian, 17 July 2021 RAF chief says system to track objects up to 22,000 miles from Earth is ‘incredibly important’ An American space force plan to develop a global monitoring system to track objects up to 22,000 miles from Earth could establish radar stations
By Paris Marx, Published by Jacobin, 13 July 2021 The space race playing out among billionaires like Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk has little to do with science — it’s a PR-driven spectacle designed to distract us from the disasters capitalism is causing here on Earth. On June
By Nathan Strout, Published by C4ISRNET, 8 July 2021 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force opened a new satellite operations center July 7 at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico designed to advance the still nascent service’s space war-fighting capabilities. The Rendezvous and Proximity (REPR) Satellite Operations Center was
By Nathan Strout,Published by C4ISRNET, 16 June 2021 CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. — The U.S. Space Force is reorganizing its launch organizations, and while the change may not have immediate impacts, operators believe the new structure prepares the service for the coming moment when it is launching satellites
By Nathan Strout, Published by C4ISRNET, 16 June 2021 WASHINGTON — The head of the Space Force acknowledged that the U.S. is developing the “appropriate” directed-energy systems to maintain American space superiority, although he declined to provide details in the unclassified setting of a June 16 congressional hearing. Noting that
