December 2014
Necessity is the mother of invention
...Industries and mPrest, the IMoD and the Israel Defense Forces. During the development of Iron Dome, Rafael accelerated ... development group and in relations with IMoD and the Israeli Air Force (IAF) was open and without ‘punishment’ for failures ...
August 2016
Academia’s role in space protection, space traffic management & orbital debris mitigation
...that US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) maintains - with the help of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) - for example, is to maintain a...that AFSPC become more transparent and work via the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to engage the space community ...
August 2018
America’s ‘dream machine’
...V rocket on Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Astronautics It’s also different because we actually own ... continues. About Steve Lindsey Steve Lindsey, a former US Air Force (USAF) pilot and NASA astronaut with more than 30 ...
July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
... kerosene to explosively combine without tearing the engine apart. A test of the F-1 engine in the Mojave desert at Edwards Air Force Base in the 1960s. It was tested extensively, both singly and in clusters. Soviet response Some commentators see...
July 2019
Settling the final frontier
... settlement is not limited to settlements in space. According to Stan Rosen, a leader of the US National Space Society, career US Air Force officer, and a consultant to government and the space industry, “The settlement of space is far broader than...
October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
... trials. Blue Origin received US$500 million from the US Air Force in 2018 for a launch services agreement that will help...certify the vehicle and develop a launch site on a west coast Air Force base. The maiden launch of New Glenn is targeted for 2021...
