Senate Committee on Commerce

‘Astonishingly Misguided:’ HASC & SASC Hammer FCC Chair For Ligado 5G Approval

"As far as I know the Pentagon doesn’t have a 'death ray,' but the nearest thing it has is GPS Kryptonite: when you get close enough to GPS to interfere: you die," one veteran space industry watcher joked about the FCC Chair's decision to approve Ligado's 5g approach.

By Theresa Hitchens

Threats

Preventing Asteroid Armageddon: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again

The public experienced a moment of angst in 1997 when it looked like Asteroid XF11 might threaten the Earth in 2028. It didn’t. But that doesn’t mean the threat doesn’t exist or that we should do nothing about it. Asteroids and comets that come close to Earth are collectively known as Near Earth Objects (NEOs). […]

By Joan Johnson-Freese