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In an article in this week’s issue of The Space Review, I report on a recent event where experts discussed the reasons why China conducted its ASAT test, or, more accurately, why we don’t know why China carried out the January 11th test. There are a couple of schools of thought behind the confused Chinese […] Last month I noted a recent poll that showed how willing the public would be to cut NASA funding versus other federal programs, which appeared to be more evidence of just how low a priority the space program is in the eyes of the general public. However, a new Zogby survey, conducted in mid-March and […] The wires were buzzing yesterday with a report that NASA has rejected Russian cooperation in lunar exploration. Or, at least, that’s what Anatoly Perminov, the head of Roskosmos, claimed in an Interfax article, which was picked up uncritically by AFP and AP. “We were ready to cooperate but for unknown reasons, the United States have […] This blog uses an automated system to catch comment spam before it can be posted. It works very well, but on occasion can be a little overzealous. If you submit a comment and it doesn’t show up, send me a note and I’ll see if it got caught for some reason by the spam filter, […] Some interesting, if not necessarily surprising, results regarding how the public ranks funding for civil space versus other programs: A Harris Interactive poll released last week asked people which programs they would cut first to reduce federal spending and close the budget deficit. On top, by a wide margin, was “space program”, with 51% of […] Just a quick note to let you know that I will be on travel all week, so I will be posting here infrequently. I’ll be in Colorado for the National Space Symposium and will try to pass along any items of interest from there as time permits. In this week’s issue of The Space Review I review a book about space weaponization, War in Heaven. The book is from two anti-weaponization advocates, so the arguments in it are predictable, including criticism of the new national space policy and efforts by the US military perceived as moving towards using and/or stationing weapons in […] The United States isn’t the only country where launch vehicle manufacturers look to the government for financial support. The Yomiuri Shimbun reported Sunday that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Ltd is seeking subsidies from the Japanese government to cover the costs of the H-2A rocket. MHI, according to the article, is seeking 2-3 billion yen ($17-25 […] The Space Access ’07 conference is filled with talks from a variety of individuals and companies involved in the development of new space transportation systems. However, like seemingly every other space industry meeting these days, there was also a session about export control (aka ITAR). Export control is a major issue for many of these […] A few articles and items of note: The Marshall Institute has published a transcript of its January forum “Space Issues in 2007″, which took place not long after the Chinese ASAT test became big news. The transcript of the half-day event runs more than 50 pages, including some illustrations. The institute also recently published a […] |
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