By Will Griffin, 7 February 2022 “State surveillance has been an integral part of American political life far longer than we might imagine.” - Alfred McCoy, Tom Dispatch The modern surveillance state is now ubiquitous; it's everywhere, all the time. In 2013, Edward Snowden may have proved that the state,
By Adam Frank, Published by Bigthink, 27 January 2022 Besides offering an incredibly cool way to get stuff into space, SpinLaunch promises to reduce the cost of a launch by 20-fold. Rockets are so big because they require enormous amounts of fuel. SpinLaunch’s method does away with much of that
By Ekaterina Blinova, Published by Sputnik News, 22 January 2022 NATO released its "overarching" space policy on 17 January, stipulating that any space-based attack on an ally could trigger the alliance's collective defence policy under the bloc's Article 5. What's behind the renewed US focus on space and expansion of
By Brett Tingley, Published by The Drive, 5 January 2022 The previously classified Starfire Optical Range aids astronomers while enabling the Space Force to better detect and track small objects in space. Previously classified adaptive optics technologies enabled the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to capture an image of
By Andrew Jones, Published by SpaceNews, 28 December 2021 HELSINKI — China has informed the United Nations that its crewed space station twice maneuvered to avoid potential collisions with SpaceX Starlink satellites earlier this year. A notification dated Dec. 6 by China under Article V of the Outer Space Treaty
By Shreya Mundhra, Published by The Eurasian Times, 27 December 2021 Chinese scientists are celebrating the success of a new hypersonic engine, according to reports. The past few months have been important for China in terms of the success of its hypersonic technologies. Not only did the country get a
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 14 December 2021 PARIS — Established satellite operators expressed their frustration at the wave of filings for enormous satellite constellations, arguing nations need to step forward and establish rules to curtail such systems. The best known of such filings is one by the government
By Evgeny Mikhaylov, Published by Sputnik News, 18 November 2021 This year, the company spent over $1.3 million on lobbying, in addition to $2 million in 2020. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin hired Mac Campbell from Capitol Counsel - a lobbyist who had relations with the Obama administration, CBS reported. Campbell
