China weighs ‘low cost’ space combat station to control Earth-Moon system

China weighs ‘low cost’ space combat station to control Earth-Moon system

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 8, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher A curious article from the 2023 volume of China’s Journal of Deep Space Exploration (JDSE) appears to compare the merits of two modes of transport to the Moon, direct ascent with a super heavy space launch vehicle (SLV) versus a relay system using a small […]

The sky, Aug. 4-11: Here come the Perseid meteors

The sky, Aug. 4-11: Here come the Perseid meteors

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 5, 2024 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 ■ New Moon (exact at 7:13 a.m. on this date EDT). ■ The T Cor Bor Watch continues. Have you been checking Corona Borealis overhead these clear evenings? The recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis could erupt to 2nd magnitude anytime this summer. Or fall. […]

Bending minds and virtual reality about an attempted assassination with global implications

Bending minds and virtual reality about an attempted assassination with global implications

Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 1, 2024 Many Google users have discovered and posted that the tech behemoth’s “Autocomplete” and search function was omitting suggested results related to the assassination attempt against Donald Trump even as a steady stream of new information about the July 13 incident that could have changed world history has been published […]

How China is seeking global leverage as Moon race accelerates

How China is seeking global leverage as Moon race accelerates

Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 30, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China is heating up its race with the United States to dominate the Moon, by proposing to increase its “Moon coalition” and by moving ahead with its initial Moon architecture. On July 21, in coordination with the United Nations’ designation of July 20 as International […]

The sky, July 28-Aug. 3: Open clusters M6 and M7 in the South

The sky, July 28-Aug. 3: Open clusters M6 and M7 in the South

Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 29, 2024 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SATURDAY, JULY 27 ■ Last-quarter Moon (exact at 10:52 p.m. EDT). The Moon, in Pisces, rises around 11 or midnight tonight below the head of Andromeda and the Great Square of Pegasus. SUNDAY, JULY 28 ■ Starry Scorpius is sometimes called “the Orion of Summer” — […]

‘So that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground’

‘So that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground’

Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 29, 2024 WORDS OF LIFE Ephesians 6 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the […]

The unreported Marxist upbringing of Kamala Harris and her Marxist-fueled rise to power

The unreported Marxist upbringing of Kamala Harris and her Marxist-fueled rise to power

Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 25, 2024 Commentary by Joe Schaeffer  @Schaeff55 Though she certainly understands the advantages to be gained from the misperception, Kamala Harris does not pretend to be African American in the same way that Fauxcahontas Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) posed as Native American. For the installed vice president who now appears set […]

How an unlikely bipartisan consensus emerged for U.S. space policy

How an unlikely bipartisan consensus emerged for U.S. space policy

Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 24, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher While the ongoing and unpredictable United States presidential campaign promises to highlight partisan political divisions on numerous issues, the last decade has seen U.S. space policy tending toward a basic consensus stressing three pillars that can be credited, two to Republicans and one to Democrats. […]

The sky, July 21-28

The sky, July 21-28

Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 22, 2024 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SUNDAY, JULY 21 ■ This evening you’ll find that the low Moon forms a huge, nearly vertical line with Altair about three fists above it and Vega the same distance above Altair, near the zenith. ■ Look a finger-width at arm’s length above Altair for its […]

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