The United States is not prepared for strategic space competition against a united China and Russia, according to one expert. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is nearing technological parity with the United States in key space domains, according to Brandon Weichert, an independent geopolitical analyst. That means that it will soon threaten the United States’…
China, Russia Could Launch ‘Space Pearl Harbor’ on Aging US Satellites: Expert
October 14, 2022
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Amazon’s Answer to Elon Musk’s Starlink Gets New Space Ride for 2023 Launch
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NASA hosts a media briefing to discuss the results of the recent test of its DART planetary defense system and whether the exercise of crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid last month succeeded in altering its course enough that it could prevent a potential doomsday collision with Earth. * Click the “Save” button below the…
LIVE NOW: NASA Holds Virtual Media Briefing on Recent Asteroid Defense Mission
NASA hosts a media briefing to discuss the results of the recent test of its DART planetary defense system and whether the exercise of crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid last month succeeded in altering its course enough that it could prevent a potential doomsday collision with Earth. * Click the “Save” button below the…
NASA Holds Virtual Media Briefing on Recent Asteroid Defense Mission
NASA hosts a media briefing to discuss the results of the recent test of its DART planetary defense system and whether the exercise of crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid last month succeeded in altering its course enough that it could prevent a potential doomsday collision with Earth. * Click the “Save” button below the…
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