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…)
Dictatorships on the rise in China’s Moon coalition
Geostrategy-Direct, September 19, 2023 By Richard Fisher Ideology matters in the Chinese-led International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) Moon coalition, with China agreeing to take an astronaut to the Moon (more…)
China’s vision for space hegemony expands to span Earth’s solar system
Geostrategy-Direct, September 12, 2023 By Richard Fisher In 2019 China’s leading space corporation, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), was behind a proposal to create “an Earth-Moon (more…)
China deploys new strategic (and world’s largest) imaging satellite
Geostrategy-Direct, September 5, 2023 By Richard Fisher On Aug. 13 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province, China used a Long March-3B space launch vehicle to loft (more…)
India claims rare Moon triumph after joining U.S.-led Artemis Accords
Geostrategy-Direct, August 29, 2023 By Richard Fisher On Aug. 23 India became the fourth nation to report successfully achieving the soft landing of an unmanned spacecraft on the Moon, (more…)
What next? Russian Moon failure raises stakes for China
Geostrategy-Direct, August 22, 2023 By Richard Fisher On Aug. 19, Russia’s Luna-25 unmanned Moon exploration vehicle crashed into the Moon and was destroyed, dashing what was to be the (more…)
Is Russia ‘rejoining’ the space race, or simply giving its due to China?
Geostrategy-Direct, August 15, 2023 By Richard Fisher Russian dictator Vladimir Putin needs to produce some good news for the Russian people, at least to offer some contrast with his (more…)