Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher During recent Congressional hearings the Biden administration’s two top officials at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) expressed a welcome appreciation of the challenge (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher For at least six more times this decade the world will have to relive the drama that preceded the May 9 impact of China’s uncontrolled (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher After days of mounting frustration with China’s refusal to reveal reentry data for its out-of-control 21-ton Long March-5 booster stage, on May 8 newly confirmed (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On April 29, China launched the first of three modules of its Tiangong space station. That day a Long March-5 heavy-lift space launch vehicle (SLV) (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Is Russia divorcing from the United States and the West in space due to the power balance in space or on Earth? Nearly a week (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On April 16, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) made two historic decisions that could lead to a great leap forward for the agency, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The Biden administration’s first budget for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) includes strong support for the manned Artemis return-to-the-Moon program, but can that (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher As Russia-United States relations slide into strategic confrontation and increasing acrimony it appears that at least one “safe space” of comity will continue until Dec. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In the race to find and exploit the Moon’s resources, China will soon have an important new tool. Already a leader in the use of (more…)