China floats plan: Manned mission to Mars by 2030s
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher As early as December 2006 an article in China’s People’s Liberation Army Daily suggested that China may attempt a manned mission to Mars in “2040 (more…)
Space power holds a special place in CCP’s cult of power on its 100th birthday
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher For the Chinese Communist Party, the July 1, 2021 100th anniversary of its founding has been an opportunity to wallow in its favorite cult: the (more…)
Shenzhou-12 mission highlights military character of China’s space station
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher By successfully taking the first three Chinese astronauts to the China Space Station (CSS), the June 16 Shenzhou-12 spaceship mission, “was like a spear that (more…)
NATO acknowledges China ‘challenges’ on Earth; What about space?
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Turning a new corner, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) now recognizes China poses a major “challenge” on Earth, but not yet a “threat.” How, (more…)
Dream on: NASA holds out hope for peace in space
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a June 4 interview with CNN’s Rachel Crane, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Director Senator Bill Nelson perpetuated the myth of “peace in (more…)
Air Force goal: Global military cargo delivery by rocket
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a June 4 press release, the Air Force Research Laboratory of the United States Air Force announced it was going to study whether using (more…)
China and Russia to share heavy Space Launch Vehicles
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China and Russia may be deepening a space alliance to include sharing use of their respective heavy space launch vehicles (SLVs), to support their cooperative (more…)
New Zealand joins Artemis Accords but also hosts China’s space-tracking ships
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On June 1, New Zealand joined the United States-led Artemis Accords, a set of principles first signed in October 2020, which seek to establish a (more…)
Mars landing awakens team Biden to reality of China’s space offensive
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…)