Articles in category 'Space War'

Not much new except a step up in the rhetoric coming out of Beijing. China’s space ambitions are not exactly secret, as far as I’m concerned human motivation into space is just another step in a logical progression of human expansion out into the solar system. My concern is chiefly with the utilization […]

By Ben, 6/4/2008, 12:09 pm o'clock

George Dvorsky spoke at length the precautionary principle and about the possible dangers of an active SETI program. Alex Zaytsev at the Evpatoria Deep Space Center in Ukraine (Russia?) published the following paper on the dangers of radar astronomy transmission detection by hostile advanced alien civilizations …
In order to acquire an accurate understanding of […]

By Ben, 5/5/2008, 6:09 pm o'clock

I saw this on NOSINT and was piqued by the ASAT headline. I said to myself, “we’ve covered ASAT before … I should carry this story.” Then I read the last paragraph @ NOSINT …
Raytheon officials say they haven’t researched the ASAT mission and have no opinion about its feasibility.
So I said “fuggit” […]

By Ben, 4/2/2008, 4:13 am o'clock