China’s military reportedly established a ‘Near Space Command’

China’s military reportedly established a ‘Near Space Command’

Special to CosmicTribune.com, December 6, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China may have a new command dedicated to combat in “Near Space,” which is usually defined as between 20 kilometers and 100 kilometers in altitude, or just below Low Earth Orbit (LEO). This is significant because for decades, the United States and China have researched […]

North Korea now poised to buttress CCP strategic interests as new rogue state space power

North Korea now poised to buttress CCP strategic interests as new rogue state space power

Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 29, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher North Korea’s Nov. 21 third launch (first successful after earlier launches on May 30 and Aug. 23) of its Chollima-1 space launch vehicle (SLV) marks the beginning of the Kim family dictatorship’s space power era. North Korea has become the second terror state to achieve […]

Cosmic View, November 16, 2023: Would you welcome this man into your home?

Cosmic View, November 16, 2023: Would you welcome this man into your home?

Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 16, 2023 COSMIC VIEW Today’s headline: San Francisco welcomes alleged bioterrorist as conquering hero Revelations 6:4 — A second horse went out. It was fiery red, and its rider was given permission to take peace away from the earth and to make people slaughter one another. So he was given a large […]

Sixth China crew flight highlights space station growth plans

Sixth China crew flight highlights space station growth plans

Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 8, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Oct. 26, from its Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island, China launched its Shenzhou-17 spacecraft, taking its 6th crew of three astronauts to its Tiangong Space Station. The launch also highlights China’s plans for growing this space station. This 6th crew mission was […]

China’s dual-use, missile-bombing Moon base concept

China’s dual-use, missile-bombing Moon base concept

Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 1, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher A mid-October 2023 conference in China included a briefing on a concept to build an underground Moon Base that also provides an opportunity for China to take a serious dual-use military capability to the Moon. An Oct. 25 article on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) […]

India upends lunar geopolitics; China snarls

India upends lunar geopolitics; China snarls

Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 25, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher There are now three countries with announced ambitions to place their people on the Moon; in addition to the United States (late 2025) and China (by 2029), on Oct. 17 Indian Prime Minister Nahendra Modi announced India’s intention to place Indians on the Moon by […]

Review of China’s 20-year military space program yields sobering conclusion

Review of China’s 20-year military space program yields sobering conclusion

Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 18, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Oct. 15, 2023 marked the 20th anniversary of China’s first manned spaceflight, the Shenzhou-5 mission that saw former People’s Liberation Army Air Force Shenyang J-6 fighter pilot Yang Liwei orbit the Earth 14 times in 21 hours before landing. But for a Chinese Communist Party […]

Cosmic View, October 13, 2023; Did the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre in Israel have to happen?

Cosmic View, October 13, 2023; Did the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre in Israel have to happen?

Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 13, 2023 COSMIC VIEW Today’s headline:  Lost in the fog of war “The first casualty of war is the truth.” The origin of this quote is in dispute, but when crimes against humanity launch a military conflict level-headed assessments, objective reporting and the correct overriding world view typically get trampled by […]

Is Russia losing relevance to China’s Moon program?

Is Russia losing relevance to China’s Moon program?

Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 10, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher It took much Chinese persuading but by 2020 to 2021 it was becoming increasingly clear that Russia was ready to dump its space partnership with the United States and Western space agencies for a new partnership with China. Space cooperation between the former Cold War […]