China complaint on Starlink near miss seen as rationale to arm its space station

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China complaint on Starlink near miss seen as rationale to arm its space station

FPI / January 5, 2022 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Dec. 3, 2021, China complained to the United Nations that on July 1 and Oct. 21, 2021, satellites of the United States SpaceX Corporation’s Starlink Internet-satellite constellation came close to China’s Tiangong space station, forcing at least one avoidance maneuver. China’s complaint, however, may end […]

NASA yields to private sector in strategic 21st-century space race

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NASA yields to private sector in strategic 21st-century space race

FPI / September 24, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Was SpaceX corporation founder and leader Elon Musk, in a Sept. 19 tweet, correct to chide President Joe Biden as “sleeping,” when he had failed to comment on Musk having just completed the world’s first privately run and privately manned space mission? Musk definitely has a […]