Former NASA head Jim Bridenstine takes helm at Quantum Space
The former NASA administrator still has eyes for the moon, but is now focusing on possible future Space Force operations in cislunar space.
The former NASA administrator still has eyes for the moon, but is now focusing on possible future Space Force operations in cislunar space.
Former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine told Breaking Defense that Phase Four has the potential to "disrupt the in-space propulsion market," and its technology "is important for the country."
"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.
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.
"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.
Indian claims of no threat from ASAT test debris is "nonsense."
The India ASAT test could have provided an opportunity for leadership from the Trump administration to help prevent the creation of space debris.