House panel doubles authorized purchase of Russian rocket engines, The Hill “The House Armed Services Committee voted Thursday morning to double the allowed purchase of Russian-made rocket engines from nine […]
Military Space
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The RD-180 Food Fight Just Got Crazier
Draft House bill would scramble Air Force’s rocket engine plan, SpaceNews “The proposed restrictions essentially would forbid the Air Force from funding several recently announced co-investment deals with Orbital ATK, […]
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Hearing Discusses Using Old ICBMs As Satellite Launchers
Space companies feud over what to do with rockets in ICBM stockpile, Washington Post “Orbital ATK wants to unearth the dormant missiles and repurpose them to launch commercial satellites into […]
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McCain Calls B.S. On USAF RD-180 Data
SASC Chairman John McCain Urges Air Force Secretary to Address Russia’s Role in National Security Space Program “Contrary to the estimates you provided to me in private, I am left […]
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The 2nd Machine Age and Strategy for Civil and Military Space
Video: U.S. Strategy for Civil and Military Space, Center for Strategic and International Studies “Sean O’Keefe, former Administrator of NASA, and General James Cartwright, former vice chairman of the Joint […]
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NASA's Secret Past
NASA’s Secret Relationships with U.S. Defense and Intelligence Agencies, George Washington University “Furnishing cover stories for covert operations, monitoring Soviet missile tests, and supplying weather data to the U.S. military […]
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Running Out Of Rockets
Before decade is out all US military satellites may be grounded, The Hill “Today, the launch infrastructure of the United States National Security Space (NSS) — comprised of the Department […]