Cooling pump problems have served to bring the space station, a $100 billion space effort, into the public’s view once again. Danger and failure often seem to have that effect. Why do we have a space station? I keep forgetting. Maybe through some sort of Freudian stream of consciousness posting I can figure things out. [...]
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Why Do We Have A Space Station?
Posted: August 5, 2010 in International Space Station, Manned Space, NASA, Space, Space Respurces, Space StationTags: Manned Space
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China’s Mixed Space Messages?
Posted: November 2, 2009 in China, Offensive Space Operations, SpaceTags: China
The Hindu reports on Chinese efforts regarding space as follows: China’s Air Force will begin to develop “offensive operations” in space, a high-ranking military official has said in a seeming departure from Beijing’s recent opposition to space militarisation. People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force Commander Xu Qiliang said on Sunday that space militarisation, or the development [...]
Signal Magazine Article
Posted: June 23, 2009 in Air War College, contested environment, National Space Studies Center, SpaceRead all about Space as a Contested Environment, which has been designated as a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Special Area of Emphasis (SAE). The article appears in Signal Magazine, one of the truly authoritative voices of the defense community. The SAE itself was sponsored by Maxwell Air Force Base’s National Space Studies [...]
Playlist: Songs of Space and Nuclear War
Posted: June 23, 2009 in culture, Music, Nuclear War, SpaceLess than a year ago–that is, when I first wrote this–in a fascinating juxtaposition of old and new, the world observed the 51st anniversary of Sputnik, the event which marked the dawn of the space age. Almost concurrently, the U.S. Air Force announced that reinvigorating its nuclear enterprise is now its highest priority. What did [...]
