Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 9, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Consider this proven formula for private sector business success in space: 1) Find a motivated, charismatic leader; 2) Develop a family of modular and reusable space launch vehicles (SLVs) to reduce production/launch costs and generate public and private sector business; and 3) Set your sights […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 25, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Sept. 18 India’s Union Cabinet, or senior executive branch, approved budgets for space programs amounting to $350.9 million (32,771 crore), that will advance India’s ambitions for manned space flight, a new small space station and manned missions to the Moon by 2040. All of […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September18, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher U.S. Space Force Commander Gen. B. Chance Saltzman used his Sept. 17 keynote address to the 2024 Air, Space, Cyber Symposium of the United States Air Force Association to highlight U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s imperative that the Space Force prepare for “Great Power Competition” […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 12, 2024 In the early stages of the Covid pandemic, President Donald Trump and senior adviser Peter Navarro arranged for the donation of 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to America’s strategic drug stockpile. The Trump administration began securing the HCQ in March 2020, after Trump, on the advice of his […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 28, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher An article in the June 2024 issue of the Chinese journal Aerospace China offers a review of China’s growing commercial space sector focusing on space launcher and mega satellite constellation makers, but it offers fewer insights into potential commercial manned space efforts. Ultimately, the Chinese […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 20, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher A recent report reveals that one or more Western governments are concerned that China is in the process of proliferating satellite data services and satellite technology to Iran, that could eventually enable Iran to achieve precision targeting against Israel and then against global targets, for […]
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 […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 3, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In China, space related crashes or falling debris from space launch vehicles (SLV) are not cause for celebration. They are usually cause for embarrassment and as they usually happen over populated areas, they can also be very dangerous for Chinese especially if the crash involves […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 26, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In the last week China has advanced its ambitions for Moon control and space control via two operations: first on June 26 China recovered the world’s first Moon samples from the far side of the Moon; and on June 23 the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 12, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher For its fourth flight — in less than a year — on June 6, Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship epitomized what the SpaceX mission announcer called their “rapid iterative development” process, exploiting a crash or “failure” to produce data that improves the next mission. Perhaps the […]
