Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) pressed Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper about other countries’ counterspace capabilities at a House Intelligence Committee hearing yesterday. Though it seems an unusual …
George Nield, FAA’s Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, left no doubt today that he disagrees with a recommendation from his advisory committee, COMSTAC, to extend the “learning period” for …
Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) told an auditorium full of workers on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) today that “I saved you from the Tea Party,” which wanted to cut …
The following space policy events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate are in session. During the Week Among the highlights this week is the …
Today is the NASA Day of Remembrance 2014 honoring the astronauts who lost their lives in spaceflights. The day honors the crews of Apollo 1 (AS-204), Challenger (STS-51L) and Columbia …
Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper noted — if briefly — Russian and Chinese counterspace capabilities in an assessment of worldwide threats at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing yesterday. Clapper …
Ashley Tellis of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace told the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) today that China’s counterspace capabilities are “extremely serious” and “on a par” with its …
The following space policy events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate are in session. During the Week President Obama will deliver his State of …
UPDATE 2, January 26, 2014, 2:55 pm EST: CCTV has a story today about Netizens extending “blessings” to Yutu and many of them “fear for the troubled rover’s destiny.” That …
Two House Armed Services Committee (HASC) subcommittees will hold a joint hearing next week on China’s counterspace program. The HASC subcommittees on Strategic Forces and on Seapower and Projection Forces will hold a …