ESA Outlines Key Goals for 2040
Recently, the European Space Agency (ESA) released its 'Strategy 2040' document, outlining key goals in five major areas that the agency will pursue over the next fifteen years. The document is
Articles tagged with Space Policy
This tag holds all articles that pertain to space policy. An example of this is governance in space, the Artemis Accords and anything in between.
Celebrating International Women's Day in Space!
Happy International Women's Day 2025 to all of our female-identifying readers! According to the World Economic Forum, at the current rate of progress it will take until 2158 to reach full
Space Was Always Political, Now It's Partisan
Complain all you want, it was inevitable.
China's Challenge to Starlink
SpaceX's Starlink mega-constellation is currently the premier choice for space-based internet, with the constellation boasting well over 7,000 satellites launched since 2019. However, in recent years China has been aiming
Trump wants boots on Mars
Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States of America on January 20th, becoming the first convicted felon to hold the office. After being sworn in for his
China Now Has Two State-Backed Mega-Constellations in Orbit
Yesterday, December 16th, China began deployment of its GuoWang internet mega-constellation with the launch of a Long March 5B from the Wenchang Space Launch Site carrying ten satellites. Plans for GuoWang were kicked
Trump picks Jared Isaacman as new NASA head
On December 4th, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced via social media that his nominee for NASA administrator during his second-term would be Jared Isaacman. Writing online, Trump said the following about his
China shares space science goals for 2050
On October 15th, the China National Space Administration, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the China Manned Space Agency announced a plan for the next twenty-five years of space exploration. These three agencies
No, the FAA isn't deliberately barring Starship flights.
SpaceX has decided to go on the offensive against the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
Chinese launch sites and China's launchsite bottleneck
Learn about China's launch sector and how they plan to solve and grapple with growing challenges.
The Story of Chinese Starlink: An overview of Guowang, G60 and more
Guowang is China's national answer to Starlink. Back in early 2015 SpaceX announced the Starlink project to provide global internet access. This is not the first of their proposals but what
The Rise of BeiDou Satellite Network: China's challenge against GPS
Learn about the history and development of China's global navigation system!