April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
... Pentino, “New Insights on the Orbital Debris Collision Hazard at GEO,” (Address to the IAC-11-A6.2.6, 62nd International Astronautical Congress, Capetown, South Africa, October 2011). 8 ibid. 9 See online: SpaceTrack.org
June 2019
Space industry prime directive
...editor Clive Simpson talking to Charlie Bolden at the Global Space Congress in Abu Dhabi. In the UAE, water is a ... in February 2019. If you can’t convince members of the US Congress to the point that they want to do something about it, to allocate...
11 February 2016
$19 Billion NASA Budget Proposed by White House
...of about $150 million. That aspect of the proposal almost immediately generated criticism from industry groups and Congress. “We are deeply concerned about the Administration’s proposed cut to NASA’s human exploration development programs,” said Mary...
20 June 2018
Trump officially calls for the creation of US “space force”
... branch of the military can only be established by an act of Congress. “The president told a US general to create a new Space Force... re-election. “Thankfully the president can’t do it without Congress because now is NOT the time to rip the Air Force...
20 February 2019
Trump signs directive to initiate his Space Force
... the space domain, and if it gets the full cooperation of congress – which it has yet to do – then President Trump has...Although establishing a new military branch ultimately requires legislation from Congress, if the Space Force was created as part of...
24 June 2020
US steps up space weaponisation rhetoric
...of Defense, the US Space Command, to plan for combat; the Space Development Agency, to speed up acquisition; and, with Congress’ approval, the US Space Force, to cultivate personnel. Kitay sees it all as “the gears of a powerful machine clicking into...
