by Gordon Roesler | Jul 10, 2021 | Blog
It’s surprising that NASA has never sent a rover to the Moon, given all of those it has operated on Mars. The first one will be VIPER. Built to operate in the Moon’s coldest regions–the craters at the lunar South Pole which never get any...
by Gordon Roesler | Jun 16, 2021 | News
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held its 31st summit meeting on Monday, June 14. As usual, the summit concluding with the issue of a very lengthy communiqué, covering all sorts of security and defense issues. A link to the complete communiqué is below....
by Gordon Roesler | Feb 27, 2021 | News
Servicing satellites–inspecting them, giving them more fuel or life, repairing things, adding new capabilities–makes so much economic sense. It would also help them survive in a space battle. But for the longest time, none of the government space programs...
by Gordon Roesler | Feb 3, 2021 | Blog
The incoming Administration put out a call for ideas that it should take prompt action on–the Day One Project. Ideas were welcomed in a variety of areas: Education and Workforce Energy, Environment and Climate Health and Life Sciences Innovation and economic...
by Gordon Roesler | Nov 21, 2020 | Blog
The US government’s mode of operation is to write a spec, issue a request for proposals, and pay the winner to build something. Even though new capabilities are constantly being fielded by industry, the USG doesn’t seem to know how to incorporate a...
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