The global space launch market is undergoing a quiet, yet profound, realignment, and while Silicon Valley reporters fixate on the immediate implications for US operators, the real tremor is being felt across the Atlantic. What’Read More
When NASA announces a new mission aiming for “more science for less money,” the ears of anyone tracking the agency’s perennial budget battles perk up. Yet, the first of these “Probe Explorers,” the PRIMA Read More
The Curious Case of Dr. Von Drake’s Pedigree For millions, Ludwig Von Drake was the genial, if slightly bumbling, face of science. Introduced by Walt Disney on September 24, 1961, this “renowned scientist, lecturer, psychologist [and] Read More
The Illusion of Abundance in Low Earth Orbit A quiet observation from Avio CEO Giulio Ranzo recently — that his company is fielding a whole bunch of customers turned away by SpaceX — is not a story Read More
The Cost of Commercial Reliance NASA is preparing to funnel more resources into Boeing’s beleaguered Starliner spacecraft program, not as a vote of confidence, but as an uncomfortable admission of systemic vulnerability. The space Read More
The Silent Erosion of Scientific Data Infrastructure A recent cyberattack has brought the International Meteor Organization (IMO) to its knees, disabling much of its aging infrastructure and initiating what it expects to be several weeks Read More
The Mirage of More Years: Beyond the Launch Hype The celebration of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope achieving a mission lifetime estimate of 22 years – more than doubling initial expectations – feels almost… too neat. Read More
The Shifting Sands of Space Procurement The $700 million contract NASA awarded Blue Origin for a Mars telecommunications spacecraft isn’t just a win for Jeff Bezos’s ambitions; it’s a bellwether for an alarming Read More
The True Shock of Disclosure The United States now possesses “space control weapons” deployed in orbit. This bald declaration by Air Force Secretary Troy Meink, delivered in prepared remarks near Washington, DC, reverberated far beyond Read More
The Myth of Monoculture: Why Europe Needs Its Own Rockets The assumption that a single, dominant player would inevitably consolidate the global space launch market under its control just took another hit, not in an Read More