NASA’s Isaacman: China’s ‘Taikonauts’ to the Moon early — by 2029
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…)
Is China’s updated planetary defense plans really about asteroids?
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…)
VAST scores commercial space deals in Europe as part of NASA’s LEO program
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…)
New documents fuel rumors of much larger Long March-9 reusable SLV
Geostrategy-Direct, June 16, 2026 By Richard Fisher The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) revealed in August 2023 that it was working to compile a 100-year plan to (more…)
NASA briefing on Artemis III highlights European role, commercial collaboration
Geostrategy-Direct, June 9, 2026 By Richard Fisher The 54-year record of NASA- European Space Agency (ESA) cooperation is impressive, covering Skylab, the Hubble Space Telescope and its successor the (more…)
How massive New Glenn explosion impacts NASA’s Moon base plans
Geostrategy-Direct, June 2, 2026 By Richard Fisher While it appeared to be a significant setback, the May 28 spectacular explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn reusable space launch vehicle (more…)
NASA outlines aggressive early Moon base objectives
Geostrategy-Direct, May 26, 2026 By Richard Fisher While President Donald Trump wants to have Americans return to the Moon by 2028, there is a great deal of preparation necessary (more…)
High stakes indeed for SpaceX and upcoming Starship V3 launch
Geostrategy-Direct, May 19, 2026 By Richard Fisher Elon Musk and his SpaceX Corporation have a great deal riding on the now twice-delayed May 21 (6:30pm EST) launch of their (more…)
State Dept. sanctions China’s satellite image companies that revealed U.S. buildup
Geostrategy-Direct, May 12, 2026 By Richard Fisher An ominous new development emerged earlier this year during the build-up of United States military forces in the Persian Gulf region prior (more…)