NSC Memo May Spell End Of National Space Council
"What happens to the funds that were authorized and appropriated by Congress for the NSpC?," a former space official wonders.
COVID-19: WH Relocates Space Council Meet; Space Symposium Postponed
Vice President Mike Pence still is scheduled to chair the upcoming National Space Council meeting despite the White House decision to cancel the public event.
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US Tightens Space Debris Standards; Keeps 25-Year Cap
The updated debris rules address new space activities such as mega-constellations, Cubesats and satellite servicing.
Top DoD Lawyer Gathers All Ukraine Aid Docs For Congress: ‘Routine’
General Counsel Paul Nay directed DoD officials to “preserve all documents, records, and writings, and any associated attachments, in any format,” that relate to the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
EU Plan To Boost Space Industry Draws White House Ire
Scott Pace, executive director of the National Space Council, warned the EU about its plan for promoting homegrown industry -- ironically, while speaking at an Atlantic Council event on the need for improved transatlantic relations in space.
New Space Debris Rules Stalled By Year-Long Interagency Spat
"Of all people, it's the 'space warmongers' doing the most to try to sustain the (space) environment," one DoD official said.
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Tectonic Shift As NRO Moved Under Space Command In Wartime
US Space Command will officially stand-up on Aug. 29, with four main missions: "missile warning, satellite operations, space control and space support," says JCS Chair Gen. Joseph Dunford.
HAC Stiffs New Commerce Bureau for Satellite Regulation
House appropriators rejected Trump's plan to put satellite regulation under the Commerce Department and chide Secretary Wilbur Ross for his refusal to testify on the 2020 budget request.
Pence: 5G Plan Will Spur Space Innovation
"President Trump has made it clear that the race to 5G is a race America will win," Pence said.
Congress Applauds VP Pence’s Surprise Nixing Of Truman Retirement
The Pentagon and Navy leadership say the USS Harry S. Truman must retire so modernization might live. The White House wants to blow that plan up.
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What Would Space Force FIX? No One Would Notice Its Disappearance
Born as what most thought was a joke in March 2018, President Trump’s Space Force had by June become a White House directive to the Pentagon. Since then the Trump Administration has been considering possible variants in the Force’s subordination, authorities, size, and budget, while Acting SecDef Shanahan has already created a working group to […]
White House, Pentagon Remain In Dark Over Syria Withdrawal
Republican Senators erupted in outrage, and there are some indications that Turkey pushed Trump to withdraw support from its traditional foes, the Kurds. The British government issued an equivocal statement, while the Kremlin applauded the move.
Why We Need A Space Force: CSIS’s Todd Harrison
Space Corps? Space Force? Space Command? Ever since Rep. Mike Rogers put the Space Corps cat amongst the Air Force pigeons in April last year, debate has raged within the Air Force, the wider space enterprise, Congress and across the four services about just what must be done. President Trump glommed onto the idea and […]
Pence: ‘We Must Have American Dominance In Space’
The "separate but equal" sixth service (don't forget the Coast Guard) will be created in stages, because, as Pence finally admitted publicly, it "requires Congressional action." And, as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Paul Selva, admitted today, if Congress passed the relevant laws in a year that would "unprecedented."