With its eye on the long game, China expresses compassion for SpaceX
Geostrategy-Direct, November 21, 2023 By Richard Fisher It’s been a tough week for SpaceX and Elon Musk, but they are getting some rare sympathy from China. At 8 a.m. (more…)
Lockheed Martin wins contract, plans to demonstrate nuclear space power by 2027
Geostrategy-Direct, November 14, 2023 By Richard Fisher Look out Elon Musk, your “cheese” is about to be moved by the beginning of nuclear space power, and defense prime Lockheed (more…)
China’s 6th crew flight highlights space station growth plans
Geostrategy-Direct, November 7, 2023 By Richard Fisher On Oct. 26, from its Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island, China launched its Shenzhou-17 spacecraft, taking its 6th crew of (more…)
China’s missile-bombing Moon base concept
Geostrategy-Direct, October 31, 2023 By Richard Fisher A mid-October 2023 conference in China included a briefing on a concept to build an underground Moon Base that also provides an (more…)
India shakes up lunar geopolitics as China snarls
Geostrategy-Direct, October 24, 2023 By Richard Fisher There are now three countries with announced ambitions to place their people on the Moon; in addition to the United States (late (more…)
Lessons U.S. must learn from China’s 20-year military space program
Geostrategy-Direct, October 17, 2023 By Richard Fisher Oct. 15, 2023 marked the 20th anniversary of China’s first manned spaceflight, the Shenzhou-5 mission that saw former People’s Liberation Army Air (more…)
Russia appears to be fading from China’s Moon program
Geostrategy-Direct, October 10, 2023 By Richard Fisher It took much Chinese persuading but by 2020 to 2021 it was becoming increasingly clear that Russia was ready to dump its (more…)
War with China threatens his space-Earth empire; Why then does Elon Musk defer to CCP?
Geostrategy-Direct, October 3, 2023 By Richard Fisher Sometimes the second, sometimes the first richest man on Earth according to open reports, Elon Musk owns about 54 percent of SpaceX (more…)
After Japan, first U.S. asteroid sample returns; China’s to follow in 2025
Geostrategy-Direct, September 26, 2023 By Richard Fisher The major space faring countries have long sought to develop the means to reach Near-Earth and more distant asteroids for purposes of (more…)