VP Harris to chair first National Space Council meeting Dec. 1

VP Harris to chair first National Space Council meeting Dec. 1
VP Harris to chair first National Space Council meeting Dec. 1

Harris will visit NASA Goddard to promote the criticality of space capabilities to climate change mediation.

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JADC2’s Space-Based Backbone

JADC2’s Space-Based Backbone
JADC2’s Space-Based Backbone

A layered architecture of geosynchronous, medium-earth, and low-earth-orbit satellites will provide resilient sensor coverage for Joint All Domain Command and Control.

Solar Power Sats Help Drive DoD Deep Space Push

Solar Power Sats Help Drive DoD Deep Space Push
Solar Power Sats Help Drive DoD Deep Space Push

“[W]e don’t have a military reason to go to the Moon today, but we do have long term-objectives that include the expansion out to the Moon and beyond,” Space Force Chief Scientist Joel Mozer says. 

DARPA Nuke Sat To Target Cislunar Monitoring Mission

DARPA Nuke Sat To Target Cislunar Monitoring Mission
DARPA Nuke Sat To Target Cislunar Monitoring Mission

AFRL last Thursday held a classified stakeholder meeting to discuss R&D to underpin future military operations beyond the traditional near-Earth orbits used today.

US Industry Struggles To Strip Chinese Tech From Networks

US Industry Struggles To Strip Chinese Tech From Networks
US Industry Struggles To Strip Chinese Tech From Networks

“[N]obody was watching too closely to see just how far these Chinese components and hardware have infiltrated U.S. businesses,” one telecoms expert says.

DARPA Space Manufacturing Project Sparks Controversy

DARPA Space Manufacturing Project Sparks Controversy
DARPA Space Manufacturing Project Sparks Controversy

“As you surely know, there is a lot of emotion in this on both sides of the argument, making it as much political as it is legal,” said attorney Henry Hertzfeld of the DARPA plans.

White House Paves Policy For Nuke-Powered Rockets & Reactors On Moon

Administration officials were quick to stress that US pursuit of space-based nuclear power sources has absolutely nothing to do with building nuclear weapons in space.

White House Unveils New Space Policy, But Does It Matter?

White House Unveils New Space Policy, But Does It Matter?
White House Unveils New Space Policy, But Does It Matter?

“I just think it’s a little too late for trying to have a stamp on something. It is just trying to say that they did something,” said veteran space policy wonk Erin Neal.

Air Force To Try Space-Based 3D Printing: Roper

Air Force To Try Space-Based 3D Printing: Roper
Air Force To Try Space-Based 3D Printing: Roper

The US, Russia and China all could be building things in space within 15 years, an IDA study found.

AFRL’s Big Ambitions For Lunar Patrol Satellites

AFRL’s Big Ambitions For Lunar Patrol Satellites
AFRL’s Big Ambitions For Lunar Patrol Satellites

“We are interested in technologies to support wide area search, narrow field tracking, and autonomous space domain awareness,” says CHPS program manager Capt. David Buehler.

Space Force-NASA Accord Highlights Cooperation Beyond Earth Orbit

Space Force-NASA Accord Highlights Cooperation Beyond Earth Orbit
Space Force-NASA Accord Highlights Cooperation Beyond Earth Orbit

US discovery and exploitation of rare earth minerals from the Moon and asteroids “could change the balance of power on Earth,” enthused NASA Administration Jim Bridenstine. 

AFRL Satellite To Track Up To The Moon; Space Force-NASA Tout Cooperation

“If you look at the orbits of the stuff that’s going around the Moon, It looks like a drunken sailor wandering around as compared to the orbits that we’re used to describing closer to the Earth,” AFRL’s Col. Eric Felt says.

Space Force Envisions Cislunar Monitoring; No Crewed Missions

Space Force Envisions Cislunar Monitoring; No Crewed Missions
Space Force Envisions Cislunar Monitoring; No Crewed Missions

“The United States Space Force is not going to be sending humans into space for national security purposes anytime soon,” Maj. Gen. John Shaw said today.

Most Satellite Operators Fail To Follow Space Debris Rules: NASA

Most Satellite Operators Fail To Follow Space Debris Rules: NASA
Most Satellite Operators Fail To Follow Space Debris Rules: NASA

“I think we need to recognize that the space domain has evolved over the past several years,” says Secure World Foundation’s Victoria Samson. “And then our governance needs to evolve with that.”