Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 24, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Sept. 16, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Daniel Caine told the United States Air and Space Force Association that the U.S. Joint Force should be “prepared to fight” in “cislunar space,” or the region between the Earth and the Moon and […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 10, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher An “international” satellite project and a Sept. 5 revelation in the South China Morning Post (SCMP) indicate that China is moving to contest cislunar space, the strategic zone between the Earth and the Moon. On Sept. 4 state media China Daily revealed the International Cislunar […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 9, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, August 9 The Moon passes 4° north of Mars at 2 A.M. EDT; the pair is visible together in the early-morning sky, some 30° high in the east an hour before sunrise. They straddle the border of Gemini and Taurus, to the upper left […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 6, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Before their astronauts set foot on the Moon, the United States (by 2028?) and China (by 2029-2030) are engaging in an “unmanned Moon race” to undertake surveys and to then deploy systems to prepare for building eventual manned Moon Bases. Targeting the lunar South Pole […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 23, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher For both the United States and China, satellite megaconstellation companies require space launch vehicles (SLVs), or rockets, while SLV makers require customers — governments or companies that require their payload to be launched into space. In the United States there are well-known SLV-satellite “ecosystems” in […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, July 1, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher While China has been considering the problems of asteroid defense since at least about 2020, there may now be real plans for the construction of a Chinese planetary defense capability — with inherit dual-use dangers. On June 30, Chinese state television CCTV featured an official […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 25, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The demand for commercial manned space activity in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) has been demonstrated recently by the success of Long Beach, California-based space station developer VAST having signed up astronaut clients from three European countries just during the month of June 2026. Founded only […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 18, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) revealed in August 2023 that it was working to compile a 100-year plan to populate the Earth’s nearby solar system. Thus, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which specializes in long term plans would require large rockets to […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 12, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct, June 9, 2026 President Donald Trump on June 5 signed a national-security memorandum aimed at accelerating and securing advanced artificial intelligence (AI) applications for U.S. military and intelligence purposes. The National Security Presidential Memorandum “reflects a growing view inside the White House that U.S. security agencies are moving […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 3, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher While it appeared to be a significant setback, the May 28 spectacular explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn reusable space launch vehicle (SLV) may not result in a huge delay in the Moon Base building plans of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). On […]
