Geostrategy-Direct, August 18, 2026 By Richard Fisher On Aug. 5, 2026, a nearly 4-ton upper stage to a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket crashed into the Moon creating an 18-meter-wide crater. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, August 11, 2026 By Richard Fisher For 20 years the New Zealand origin, now Long Beach, California-based Rocket Lab corporation has developed innovative small space launch vehicles, growing (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, August 4, 2026 By Richard Fisher Before their astronauts set foot on the Moon, the United States (by 2028?) and China (by 2029-2030) are engaging in an “unmanned (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, July 28, 2026 By Richard Fisher The Philippines has ambitions to develop both a national space capability and a new military space force; Both should be opportunities for (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, July 21, 2026 By Richard Fisher For both the United States and China, satellite megaconstellation companies require space launch vehicles (SLVs), or rockets, while SLV makers require customers (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, July 14, 2026 By Richard Fisher The video showed the big rocket’s first stage in recovery, then a huge crowd of people erupt in cheers — it was (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, July 7, 2026 By Richard Fisher The latest United States goal is to put Astronauts back on the Moon by 2028, potentially in two Moon landings that year. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, June 30, 2026 By Richard Fisher While China has been considering the problems of asteroid defense since at least about 2020, there may now be real plans for (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, June 23, 2026 By Richard Fisher The demand for commercial manned space activity in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) has been demonstrated recently by the success of Long Beach, (more…)
