“The envisioned lunar railroad network could transport humans, supplies and resources for commercial ventures across the lunar surface,” according to Northrop Grumman’s announcement.
By Theresa Hitchens“And so I think, as you see new missions come on, you can presume that that means more Guardians to perform those missions, and we’ll have to adjust the strength going up,” said CSO Gen. Chance Saltzman.
By Theresa HitchensTechnologies being explored include “lunar power; mining and commercial in-situ resource utilization; communications, navigation, and timing; transit, mobility, and logistics; and construction and robotics,” according to DARPA.
By Theresa HitchensThe new version of Joint Publication 3-14 explains that “offensive and defensive space operations” are supported primarily by “direct capabilities” — that is, “fires that impact an adversary.”
By Theresa HitchensThe Space Force sees nuclear fission reactors as a solution to replace solar panels for operations in the darkness of deep space.
By Theresa Hitchens“Each nation possesses unique advantages, technological capacities, and strategic geographic positions that, when combined, have the potential to significantly advance humanity’s understanding of what’s going on in space,” the paper says.
By Theresa Hitchens“More than 100 lunar missions are planned for this decade alone, including many that are commercial,” said Jessica West, of Canada’s Project Ploughshares.
By Theresa Hitchens“And make no mistake, distinguishing friendly from unfriendly behavior and space has become particularly important to us,” NGA Director Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth told the GEOINT 2023 conference today.
By Theresa HitchensThere are a host of open questions bedeviling national and international policy- and law-makers as they struggle to get a better grip on both the explosion of commercial players with innovative ideas for space utilization and the growing military interest in space as a tool of, and venue for, war.
By Theresa Hitchens“I’m a Star Trek fan, so I’m optimistic,” said former NASA official Mike Gold about the Artemis Accords facilitating space cooperation for terrestrial rivals.
By Theresa HitchensOracle has to be able not just to detect space objects, but also discriminate targets of interest from what is currently an unfamiliar background for space imagery analysts filled with myriad stars and a growing number of spacecraft, AFRL’s Lt. Col. David Johnson explained.
By Theresa HitchensThe new strategy represents a first US effort to build a whole-of-government strategy for “advancing scientific, exploration, and economic development activities” in cislunar space.
By Theresa Hitchens