by Gordon Roesler | Aug 2, 2025 | Blog
[Image credit: Northrop Grumman] During four years as a Program Manager at DARPA, 2014-2018, I led a program called Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS). We built a complex robotic module that was to become the payload for a satellite that would go to...
by Gordon Roesler | Apr 16, 2025 | Blog
A year ago, the Chief of Space Operations for the US Space Force just wasn’t sure if the on-orbit refueling business was worth the cost. https://spacenews.com/saltzman-space-force-still-grappling-with-refueling-math/ Cost is one factor to be considered for...
by Gordon Roesler | Apr 13, 2025 | News
It appears that Jared Isaacman will be the new NASA Administrator. In his confirmation hearing, he indicated that he would commit NASA to a human mission to Mars, but also evaluate the potential for continuous human presence on the Moon. I would not have expected him...
by Gordon Roesler | Jan 20, 2025 | News
[Illustration of the 1997 ETS-VII autonomous docking mission. Credit: JAXA] With its SpaDex mission, India has demonstrated the ability to couple two satellites together in space without astronauts. You can read a brief discussion here:...
by Gordon Roesler | Jan 20, 2025 | Blog
[Concept for an in-space assembled telescope, from the NASA 2019 ISAT study. Credit: NASA] Two telescopes, operating in space, are transforming our understanding of the universe. The Hubble Space Telescope is known around the world for its breathtaking images of...
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