Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 19, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher July 18, 2023 Since 2009 China has been Africa’s largest trading partner. All but one of Africa’s 54 states are in the China-led Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) formed in 2000 and over 50 African countries joined the 2019 and 2022 China-led China-Africa Peace and […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 12, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Both the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have ambitions to become major players in space. Both are members of the 27-member Artemis Accords, setting out agreed behavior on the Moon, and both have recently sent astronauts on missions aboard the […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 6, 2023 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report: FRIDAY, JULY 7 ■ Upper left of Venus in twilight, Mars is now less than 2° from Regulus. Regulus is magnitude 1.4, Mars is 1.7, meaning Mars is one-third fainter. Mars is closing in on Regulus; they’re now 1.7° apart. Their conjunction comes on July […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 29, 2023 FRIDAY, JUNE 30 ■ The Moon shines among the stars of upper Scorpius. The brightest of these is orange Antares about 2° or 3° to the Moon’s lower left (for North America). Next brightest is Delta Scorpii, farther to the Moon’s upper right. Binoculars help through the moonlight and summer […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 28, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Since India its gained independence from Britain’s colonial rule in 1947, American leaders have been trying to convince the leaders of the world’s largest democracy to join in longstanding efforts to advance freedom, or to even combat its dire enemies. But on Earth as in […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 25, 2023 Excerpts from Sky&Telescope ■ This is the time of year when, after dark, the dim Little Dipper floats straight up from Polaris, the end of its handle. WEDNESDAY JUNE 21 ■ Look west at dusk for the waxing crescent Moon beautifully paired with bright white Venus, as shown below. […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 21, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China is advancing two architectures it could employ to increase its control of the Moon. ILRSCO First, China is announcing early members of its International Lunar Research Station Cooperation Organization (ILRSCO). It was first announced in April at a conference in Hefei of the China […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 15, 2023 Mercury brightens this week but remains lost in the glow of sunrise. It is best seen 30 or 40 minutes before sunrise, well to the lower left of brighter Jupiter. Venus is the brilliant “Evening Star” in the west from twilight into late evening. It’s not as high in […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 13, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On May 30 the State Department issued its Strategic Framework for Space Policy, a first of its kind document intended to guide State Department diplomatic efforts in support of United States space programs. Of special concern is the National Aeronautics and Space Agency’s (NASA) Artemis […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 7, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On May 25, South Korea launched its third Korean Space Launch Vehicle-II “Nuri” (World) that successful deployed eight satellites. On May 30, North Korea’s first attempt to launch its new Chollima-1 space launch vehicle ended in failure. In addition to reflecting that the competition between […]
