Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher As American reusable space launch vehicle (SLV) pioneers SpaceX and Blue Origin have proven, development of this capability is the next major phase in the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Over the last week the “new race” to the Moon got closer, with the United States announcing delays and China hinting at an acceleration. Absent (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Fourteen years have passed since China’s January 2007 “successful” test of a ground-launched direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) system, but Russia just used a successful ASAT test (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher If its Cape Kennedy launch rescheduled for Nov. 10 is successful, the SpaceX Falcon-Dragon “Crew-3” spaceship to the International Space Station (ISS) will make 51-year-old (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Early on this coming Nov. 24, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is scheduled to launch the initial American attempt to test technologies that (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Both the United States and the People’s Republic of China are advancing plans to get to the Moon and to exploit their presence on the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China’s Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) story had an important update in the Oct. 16 issue of the Financial Times. Unnamed United States sources told (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Oct. 15 China is scheduled to launch Shenzhou-13, the second manned mission to its new Tiangong space station. By 2022 China expects to complete (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Threat and proliferation analysts skipped a heartbeat in April 2010 when a Russian company revealed that they had placed Novator Club long-range land attack and (more…)