China already in the race with U.S. to build AI data centers in space

China already in the race with U.S. to build AI data centers in space

FPI / December 4, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher As quintillions of Artificial Intelligence (AI) processes expand the realm of the computer “Cloud,” that invisible computer ecosystem requiring burgeoning numbers of real estate, water and energy-demanding “Data Centers,” the next step envisioned is to project Data Centers from this world into outer space, a task […]

CCP’s PLA floats using submarine lasers to neutralize Starlink

CCP’s PLA floats using submarine lasers to neutralize Starlink

FPI / November 28, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China hates the innovative Starlink broadband (Internet) satellite mega-constellation of the SpaceX Corporation because it offers countries and peoples that China could attack and conquer, the means to access the global Internet with its attendant abilities to communicate, access information and to control the “Internet of […]

Blue Origin achieves New Glenn SLV success, but can it help win Moon race?

Blue Origin achieves New Glenn SLV success, but can it help win Moon race?

FPI / November 21, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Nov. 13, 2025, the first U.S. billionaire to found a space launch and service company — Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin Company (founded in 2000) — became the second company in history to achieve the first-stage recovery of its large New Glenn space launch […]

Shenzhou-20 crew may be stranded; Could the U.S. mount a rescue?

Shenzhou-20 crew may be stranded; Could the U.S. mount a rescue?

FPI / November 14, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Nov. 4, 2025 began a heady day in space for the six Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong Space Station, having consumed the first ever “air fried” meal in space of chicken wings. This was followed by the usual propaganda photos of Shenzhou-20 crew (Commander Chen Dong; […]

Moon race update: Not so fast responds Elon Musk to reports SpaceX is ‘late’

Moon race update: Not so fast responds Elon Musk to reports SpaceX is ‘late’

FPI / November 7, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Oct. 30, 2025 the world was treated to a split-screen of the United States-China race back to the Moon in two press events: • A China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) press conference and then, released that same day, • An update on its web […]

China’s astronauts are stuck in space; Who you gonna call? Not Elon, says Grok

China’s astronauts are stuck in space; Who you gonna call? Not Elon, says Grok

by WorldTribune Staff, November 7, 2025 Real World News A Chinese space crew is stranded at the Tiangong space station after their return capsule was struck by space debris, according to China’s spaceflight agency. The three astronauts – or taikonauts – were been scheduled to return to Earth on Wednesday, but their mission has been […]

New front in China-U.S. space warfare: Non-Earth imagery (NEI)

New front in China-U.S. space warfare: Non-Earth imagery (NEI)

FPI / October 31, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Combat zones where United States and Chinese military forces are regularly “eyeball to eyeball” include the Taiwan Strait, the East China Sea in defense of Japan, the South China Sea in defense of the Philippines, and increasingly in space, where the U.S. and China are exposing/intimidating […]

Motivated Trump cracks whip, invites competition on Moon race with China

Motivated Trump cracks whip, invites competition on Moon race with China

FPI / October 24, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher America is in danger of losing the “second race to the Moon,” a prospect apparently rejected by President Donald Trump, so National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) acting Administrator, and Transportation Department Secretary Sean Duffy, on Oct. 20 injected new competition into the U.S. Moon architecture. […]

U.S. faces strategic Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) gap with China

U.S. faces strategic Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) gap with China

FPI / October 17, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher During the Cold War there was the perceived “bomber gap” between the United States and the former Soviet Union, followed by a “missile gap.” Decades down the road in the current United States-China Cold War, the U.S. should be planning a response to a looming potential […]

Moon base race? Starship delays, Blue Origin and the lure of Apollo

Moon base race? Starship delays, Blue Origin and the lure of Apollo

FPI / October 12, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher What part of America’s “race” with China back to the Moon is most important? • That the U.S. demonstrate strong leadership of the democratic coalition of space faring nations by meeting its 2027 plans to return, beating China ‘s plan to get there before 2030? • […]

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