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 | Nov 20, 2020 | News
From a colleague at ESA: “The foundations of the first Moon-base may not be laid for another decade but preparations are well underway. The pioneers of tomorrow’s space industry are busy today anticipating the need for a fair and sustainable space-based economy....
by Gordon Roesler | Jul 28, 2020 | News
Within the week, two major reports have created a new vision for US space activities. Together they say, “This is not your grandfather’s space program.” The National Space Council released its report entitled: “A New Era for Deep Space...
by Gordon Roesler | May 5, 2020 | News
One of the more contentious areas regarding mining extraterrestrial resources is property rights. A mining company generally wants to be sure that it has clear title to a mine site before investing large amounts of capital in developing the site. On the Moon, there is...
by Gordon Roesler | Apr 23, 2020 | News
We recall the recent success of Northrop Grumman’s MEV-1 in taking control of Intelsat 901, the first ever docking of two commercial satellites. Building on that, two GEO satellite operators are looking at how to keep their satellites operating longer: Xtar,...
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