Enlarge / The US Air Force Research Laboratory seeks to develop a satellite to patrol cislunar space. (credit: US Air Force Research Laboratory) This week, the US Air Force Research Laboratory released a video on YouTube that didn’t get much attention. But it made an announcement that is fairly significant—the US military plans to extend […]
Enlarge / (l-r) Ben Schwartz as Tony Scarapiducci; Tawny Newsome as Angela Ali; Steve Carell as General Mark Naird; Jimmy O. Yang as Dr. Chan Kaifang; Don Lake as Brigadier General Bradley Gregory; Diana Silvers as Erin Naird; and John Malkovich as Dr. Adrian Mallory. (credit: Netflix) The Netflix absurdist comedy Space Force was an Ars favorite […]
Enlarge / Change in government space budgets over time. (credit: Euroconsult) Nations around the world spent a total of $92 billion on the “space sector” in 2021, the market intelligence firm Euroconsult reports. This represents an 8 percent increase in spending from the year 2020. In the latest edition of the report “Government Space Programs,” […]
Enlarge / Anti-Satellite Weapons from Mission Shakti are displayed during Republic Day Parade on January 26, 2020 in New Delhi, India. (credit: Ramesh Pathania/Mint via Getty Images) US military officials are debating whether to publicly demonstrate a new space weapon capability, according to the online publication Breaking Defense. Senior military leaders, including Gen. John Hyten, […]
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We must tell the truth {} ’re not certain when we must be shaking our minds FREAKING THE EFF OUT HERE! It looks like every few weeks we’ve gotten a different bit of proof of extraterrestrial life which could have felt just like a mind-blowing show a few decades before, however in 2020 merely feels […]
Expand / A Falcon 9 rocket establishes the GPS III-03 assignment in June, 2020. (charge: SpaceX) On Fridaythe US Space Force stated it would establish two crucial Global Positioning System assignments on a utilized Falcon 9 rocket third year. Doing this will save the army $52 million, officials said, since SpaceX consented to reduce reimbursement […]