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…)
How will Moon bases in the 2030s defend against uncontrolled Chinese rockets?
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…)
NASA’s new director goes public on Long March booster’s uncontrolled descent
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…)
China launches 1st module of strategic, potentially ‘dual use’ space station
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…)
Balance of power on Earth key factor in Russia’s future space power calculations
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…)
NASA’s great leap forward negated by great leap backward?
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…)