FPI / October 4, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The seriousness of China’s buildup to its first manned Moon mission, perhaps before 2030, was emphasized by three recent revelations: A new Lunar manned spacesuit; a new facility to simulate low gravity lunar landings; and a proposal for “cyclotron” low-cost launch of payloads from the Moon […]
FPI / September 20, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher U.S. Space Force Commander Gen. B. Chance Saltzman used his Sept. 17 keynote address to the 2024 Air, Space, Cyber Symposium of the United States Air Force Association to highlight U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s imperative that the Space Force prepare for “Great Power Competition” […]
FPI / September 12, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China revealed how it plans to occupy the Moon, conduct asteroid defense of the Earth, and propagandized about its space program at the Sept. 4-6 second annual conference of China’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL), or Tiandu Forum. China’s Moon plans were briefed by Wu Yanhua, […]
FPI / September 6, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In order to meet the National Air Space Administration’s (NASA) new goal of putting Americans back on the Moon in September 2026 for the Artemis III mission, does the United States need new but simpler space architecture, or should it seek to rationalize elements of the […]
FPI / August 29, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher An article in the June 2024 issue of the Chinese journal Aerospace China offers a review of China’s growing commercial space sector focusing on space launcher and mega satellite constellation makers, but it offers fewer insights into potential commercial manned space efforts. Ultimately, the Chinese Communist […]
FPI / August 21, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher A recent report reveals that one or more Western governments are concerned that China is in the process of proliferating satellite data services and satellite technology to Iran, that could eventually enable Iran to achieve precision targeting against Israel and then against global targets, for its […]
FPI / August 16, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher After 2035 or so, China intends to build a large Moon Base capable of supporting multiple astronauts, along with attendant unmanned exploration, power and communication support and construction systems. In 2021 this intention was mentioned in some of the initial documents released describing the then new […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 8, 2024 Contract With Our Readers The U.S. astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station in June via Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft may end up hitching a ride home with Elon Musk’s SpaceX amid concerns over whether the Boeing craft can safely return the astronauts to Earth. Although Boeing has vouched […]
FPI / August 7, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher A curious article from the 2023 volume of China’s Journal of Deep Space Exploration (JDSE) appears to compare the merits of two modes of transport to the Moon, direct ascent with a super heavy space launch vehicle (SLV) versus a relay system using a small space […]
FPI / August 2, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China is heating up its race with the United States to dominate the Moon by proposing to increase its “Moon coalition” and by moving ahead with its initial Moon architecture. On July 21, in coordination with the United Nations’ designation of July 20 as International Moon […]
