Space Force issues doctrine as basis for U.S. warfighting capabilities in space

Space Force issues doctrine as basis for U.S. warfighting capabilities in space

Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 9, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher President Donald Trump’s first term establishment of the U.S. Space Force in December 2019 was a long-delayed response to China’s creation of a dual-use manned and unmanned military space capability. But a new Space Force Doctrine Document issued on April 4 now outlines the justification […]

Observed on Earth: China’s not-so-peaceful operations in space

Observed on Earth: China’s not-so-peaceful operations in space

Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 26, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher For decades it has been the fervent dream of Western Liberals that mankind keep wars on Earth, and that for the benefit of humanity, only pursue peaceful cooperation in space. From the 1990s onward, many of these liberals, especially in the Obama Administration, thought that […]

China’s space sector copies SpaceX crew Dragon capsule

China’s space sector copies SpaceX crew Dragon capsule

Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 19, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China’s state-owned and government subsidized “private” space sector has taken great liberties in trying to copy the pioneering concepts of Elon Musk’s SpaceX corporation, in particular the SpaceX innovation of reusable medium and heavy space launch vehicles (SLVs). Now, one Chinese private space company is […]

Emphasis on Mars overlooks China’s Moon momentum

Emphasis on Mars overlooks China’s Moon momentum

Special to CosmicTribune.com, February 26, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher As the Trump Administration and new National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Jared Issacman review and reassess the Artemis Moon Program and determine the best way to pursue President Donald Trump’s additional priority to put Americans on Mars, it is also important to keep […]

Putin reminds great powers of Russia’s Mars ambitions

Putin reminds great powers of Russia’s Mars ambitions

Special to CosmicTribune.com, February 13, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 oath to “…plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars” has not gone unnoticed in Russia — and very likely also in China. On Feb. 7 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin touted Russia’s longstanding Mars ambitions even though his space […]

Why excluding the Moon while settling Mars would be a mistake

Why excluding the Moon while settling Mars would be a mistake

Special to CosmicTribune.com, February 5, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Securing and defending American access to both the Moon and Mars are crucial to the future security of the United States and its democratic allies. Even though during his first term, Trump revived the U.S. manned Moon program in his Executive Order of Dec. 11, […]

With his pen Trump ends decades-long paralysis over missile defense

With his pen Trump ends decades-long paralysis over missile defense

Special to CosmicTribune.com, January 29, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On the way toward fulfilling a campaign promise and beginning a shift of the global strategic balance of power back toward the United States — to include putting defensive U.S. weapons in space — on Jan. 27 President Donald J. Trump signed his executive order […]

Trump, Mars and ‘our manifest destiny into the stars’

Trump, Mars and ‘our manifest destiny into the stars’

Special to CosmicTribune.com, January 22, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Jan. 20, 2024 a reelected President Donald J. Trump began his peaceful “revolution of common sense,” inaugural address featuring national optimism and purpose. But Trump also laid down a momentous challenge to Americans, allies and enemies alike with the potential to upend the global […]

Amid U.S. delays, China’s compliant media suggest threat to U.S. mega-constellations

Amid U.S. delays, China’s compliant media suggest threat to U.S. mega-constellations

Special to CosmicTribune.com, January 15, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher A deadly space competition between China and the United States was demonstrated by Jan.12 article in the unofficial Chinese state media South China Morning Post (SCMP) on how Chinese engineers are developing the means to target U.S. satellite mega-constellations. The SCMP article was likely coercive […]

China’s focus on ‘Near Space’ dominance geared to military conflicts on earth

China’s focus on ‘Near Space’ dominance geared to military conflicts on earth

Special to CosmicTribune.com, January 1, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In Dec. 2024 China has revealed that it is making advances that could enable its domination of “Near Space,” which could go far to ensure that China can dominate military conflicts on Earth. Like the United States, China has long viewed the region known as […]

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