The 'Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space' (also known as the 'Global Network' or the 'GN') is an international network of organisations and individuals who are concerned about the militarisation and exploitation of space. When the US Space Force was established in 2019 President Trump said that it marked “a big moment”
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The Kosmos 954 satellite burned up upon reentry, scattering radioactive debris across northern Canada (Screenshot via YouTube) By Karl Grossman, Published in Independent Australia, 18 February 2021 Nuclear-powered space technology risks causing further damage to our planet and is an unnecessary expense when we have higher priorities, writes Karl Grossman.
Published in TRT World, 18 February 2021 A growing number of countries and private companies are developing and expanding their space programs. What does it mean to have so many new actors with extraterrestrial ambitions? The UAE’s Hope mission returned its first photo of Mars this week, a beautiful high-resolution
Israel's Arrow-4 Weapon System (Israel Aerospace Industries) By Hamodia Staff, Published in hamodia.com, 18 February 2021 YERUSHALAYIM - Israel said on Thursday it is developing a new ballistic missile shield, the Arrow-4, with the United States, another layer in a defensive system built with an eye toward Iran. Israel‘s Arrow-2
By Karl Grossman, Published in Free Press, 17 February 2021 A report advocating rocket propulsion by nuclear power for U.S. missions to Mars, written by a committee packed with individuals deeply involved in nuclear power, was issued last week by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. The 104-page
By William Harwood, Published by CBS News, 16 February, 2021 Running a day late because of bad weather, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket boosted 60 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit late Monday from Cape Canaveral. An attempt to recover the first stage with a landing on an off-shore droneship
By Karl Grossman, Published in Counter Punch, 16 February 2021 A report advocating rocket propulsion by nuclear power for U.S. missions to Mars, written by a committee packed with individuals deeply involved in nuclear power, was issued last week by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. The 104-page
ByAlexander Yermakov, Published in Modern Diplomacy, 15 February, 2021 In recent years, we have seen a spike in interest in space exploration: revolutionary developments in the space launch services market; new satellite services for various purposes; the introduction the first new manned spacecraft in some time; and the ambitious U.S.
DARPA NOM4D project image By Theresa Hitchens,Published in Breaking Defense, 12 February, 2021 "As you surely know, there is a lot of emotion in this on both sides of the argument, making it as much political as it is legal," said attorney Henry Hertzfeld of the DARPA plans. WASHINGTON: DARPA’s
