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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Every October the GN calls for global actions to support "Keep Space for Peace Week"
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Ilustration of a conceptual spacecraft enabled by nuclear thermal propulsion. Credit: NASA By Pirachi Patel, Published in Real Clear Science - 24 December, 2020 NASA is investing in the technology for future space exploration missions For all the controversy they stir up on Earth, nuclear reactors can produce the energy
Spacex From Bruce Gagnon's Blog - 15 December 2021 Elon Musk, and his company Space X, has a plan to take control of Mars. They want to 'Terraform' the dusty red planet to make it green and livable like our Mother Earth. The first time I can recall hearing about
Lockheed Martin's fully-assembled SBIRS GEO 5 missile warning satellite moves into the Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) test chamber. Image: Lockheed Martin By Staff Writers, Sunnyvale, California (SPX) - December 3, 2020 Link Lockheed Martin has announced the U.S. Space Force has determined the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit
Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC) oversees the Air Force’s five space wings and ensures space capabilities such as GPS navigation and satellite-based communications are available to U.S. commanders and allied nations (image: SpaceNews) By COREY DICKSTEIN, STARS AND STRIPES - Published: November 19, 2020 WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has
An SM-3 Block 1B launched from the USS John Paul Jones (as shown above in a 2014 test) was the first to engage the medium-range ballistic missile target but missed its mark due to what the MDA characterized as an anomaly with the interceptor. Credit: MDA By Scott Ritter, Russia
Image: Master Sgt. Ken Hammond, US Air Force/Department of Defense From Haiwai'i Public Radio, 17 November 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — In a first for the Pentagon's push to develop defenses against intercontinental-range ballistic missiles capable of striking the United States, a missile interceptor launched from a U.S. Navy ship at sea hit
NEW DELHI, INDIA -Anti-Satellite Weapons (ASAT) from Mission Shakti during Republic Day Parade at Rajpath, on January 26, 2020 in New Delhi, india. (Photo by Ramesh Pathania/Mint via Getty Images) By Eric Berger, Published by Ars Technica, 16 October 2020 “Any conflict in space will be much slower and more
A rocket’s-eye view shows a stack of SpaceX Starlink satellites just before orbital deployment. (SpaceX Photo) By Morgan Artyukhina, Sputnik News - October 7, 2020 The US Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded two contracts on Monday to build eight satellites for its upcoming infrared missile detection constellation. However,
