The number of jobs NASA generates is a bad metric for determining the space agency’s value.
Author: Mark R. Whittington, Opinion Contributor
Time for the United States to extend SpaceX’s Starlink to Russia
Starlink could prove a potent weapon in our new Cold War.
William Shatner doesn’t much like space travel
Shatner went on a suborbital hop on Blue Origins’ New Shepard rocket last year.
Will Russia rejoin the international community through space, post-Putin?
The first thing a new Russian regime should do regarding space is to offer to sign the Artemis Accords.
SpaceX studies extending the life of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble has returned an incredible amount of scientific data in the decades it has scanned the heavens.
After NASA’s test to deflect asteroid threats, it’s time to better detect what is coming
The farther away a killer asteroid can be detected, the easier it would be to deflect in time.
NASA’s flagship mission to Uranus should use nuclear propulsion
Nuclear propulsion technology will enable future planetary probes to bridge the interplanetary gulfs faster
China has returned helium-3 from the moon, opening door to future technology
The new mineral is of immense interest to lunar geologists. The helium-3 that it contains has the potential to change the world.
Rocket Lab to conduct first private mission to Venus
The company is sending a probe to search for life in the upper atmosphere of Venus.
Why China is fuming over NASA’s Artemis program
If its behavior on Earth is any indication, China’s approach will be more imperial in its nature.