By Nicholas Dirks, Published by Scientific American, 10 August 2021 We need to avoid the mistakes European countries made during the age of colonization With Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson recently completing their pioneering space flights that could set the stage for future space tourism, it is worth taking a
From UK Space Agency, Published by UK Government, 30 July 2021 UK Space Agency has announced new funding to support ambitious plans for the exploration of space. Proposals could include ideas such as the utilisation of resources beyond Earth’s atmosphere, the use of nuclear power in space or the exploration
From: UK Department for Transport, Civil Aviation Authority, UK Space Agency, Amanda Solloway MP, and The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP Published by UK Government, 29 July 2021 Legislation provides framework enabling the UK to be the first European country to launch spacecraft and satellites from home soil. new regulations
By Abraham Mahshie, Published by Air Force Magazine, 29 June 2021 Sanctions are crushing Russia’s efforts to counter American space superiority, but analysts have a rising concern that Russian President Vladimir Putin may link up with China’s wealth to develop the weapons that could stop American war fighters in their
By Karl Grossman, Published by Counterpunch, 11 June 2021 A “Space Warfighting Operations R&D”—being acronymed “SWORD”—laboratory “will be working in the area of autonomy to enable space systems to automatically detect and respond to threat conditions faster than a human operator could achieve,” declared Colonel Eric Felt at its opening
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 Hoss Cartwright and Deborah Lee James, Published in Breaking Defense, 26 March 2021 How strategically important is space, beyond spy and communications satellites? This opinion piece by Hoss Cartwright, former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and former Air Force Secretary Debbie Lee James, makes it pretty
By Kit Klarenberg, an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions, Published by Russia Today, 25 March 2021 Space battles are the stuff of science fiction, but recent technological and political developments have done much to make the prospect an ever more likely reality
