Space Race Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Tue, 03 Dec 2024 23:04:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Space Race Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 How American entrepreneurs can help win the space race against China https://spacenews.com/how-american-entrepreneurs-can-help-win-the-space-race-against-china/ https://spacenews.com/how-american-entrepreneurs-can-help-win-the-space-race-against-china/#respond Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=509414 The second batch of Qianfan/Thousand Sails satellites launches on a Long March 6A rocket from Taiyuan, Oct. 15, 2024.
The second batch of Qianfan/Thousand Sails satellites launches on a Long March 6A rocket from Taiyuan, Oct. 15, 2024.

Global power is increasingly determined in space. Before a single shot is fired, tomorrow’s battles will be won in space, not on Earth. Air forces, armies and navies will win […]

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Space innovation is falling behind https://spacenews.com/space-innovation-is-falling-behind/ https://spacenews.com/space-innovation-is-falling-behind/#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=506310 An image depicting faltering American leadership in space generated via DALL-E.
An image depicting faltering American leadership in space generated via DALL-E.

Without refocused federal and private funding, we risk losing our leadership in orbit. With the close of the Cold War, the West plowed headlong into 30 years marked by one tech-fueled […]

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GOP platform lays out aggressive space agenda to counter China https://spacenews.com/gop-platform-lays-out-aggressive-space-agenda-to-counter-china/ https://spacenews.com/gop-platform-lays-out-aggressive-space-agenda-to-counter-china/#respond Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=497075 The stage at the 2024 Republican National Convention, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Credit: RNC YouTube livestream
The stage at the 2024 Republican National Convention, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Credit: RNC YouTube livestream

Former Trump transition team member Greg Autry and Alexander William Salter lay out the 2024 GOP space platform.

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To win the new space race, NASA and the DoD need to shift their collaboration into high gear https://spacenews.com/to-win-the-new-space-race-nasa-and-the-dod-need-to-shift-their-collaboration-into-high-gear/ https://spacenews.com/to-win-the-new-space-race-nasa-and-the-dod-need-to-shift-their-collaboration-into-high-gear/#respond Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=217151 Illustrations of astronauts working at an Artemis base camp on the lunar south pole. Credit: NASA
Illustrations of astronauts working at an Artemis base camp on the lunar south pole. Credit: NASA

Military leaders argue that the Department of Defense must be more involved if the US is to win the new space race for a lunar outpost.

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Op-ed | Why Space Alarmism is Wrong and Dangerous https://spacenews.com/op-ed-why-space-alarmism-is-wrong-and-dangerous/ Tue, 22 Feb 2022 15:38:50 +0000 https://dev-spacenews.pantheonsite.io/?p=123627

The United States faces real and significant security threats in space, but efforts to develop an effective space strategy must begin with a more clear-eyed net assessment. Promoting space cooperation with China would also help to dampen hype around a space race.

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Op-ed | Influence of Strategic Competition on Human Spaceflight https://spacenews.com/op-ed-influence-of-strategic-competition-on-human-spaceflight/ Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:14:53 +0000 http://dev.spacenews.com/?p=55040

Human spaceflight programs across the world are gaining momentum as concurrent geopolitical developments have regenerated an atmosphere of strategic competition. The United States and Russia, vying for influence across Europe and the Middle East, are once again brandishing their space credentials as part of this campaign.

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