Space news (or propaganda) was highlight at China’s 2024 National People’s Congress

Space news (or propaganda) was highlight at China’s 2024 National People’s Congress

Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 13, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Chinese officials and astronauts played their usual role touting advances in China space program during the March 6 to 10 National People’s Consultative Congress (NPC), as it serves to highlight the military-technical leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Female Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping, whose […]

China’s Moon pressure is mounting following private sector U.S. failures

China’s Moon pressure is mounting following private sector U.S. failures

Special to CosmicTribune.com, February 28, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The second United States attempt to send an unmanned Moon Lander to the Moon apparently will end in mission termination on Feb. 27, while China on Feb. 23 revealed new information and projected confidence in its ability to send astronauts to the Moon before 2030. […]

How U.S. responded to Russia’s nuclear space threat damaged its credibility

How U.S. responded to Russia’s nuclear space threat damaged its credibility

Special to CosmicTribune.com, February 20, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Last week, the Biden Administration sparked a crisis by warning without openly/publicly explaining that Russia was close to placing nuclear weapons in space, but then damaged its credibility as leader of the free world by trying to walk back the same threat. This crisis emerged […]

Xi Jinping prioritizes ‘nurturing’ China’s ‘private’ space sector

Xi Jinping prioritizes ‘nurturing’ China’s ‘private’ space sector

Special to CosmicTribune.com, February 14, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The not-so-secret “secret” of the global “private” space sector is that successful private space companies usually achieve success due to the demand and subsidies provided by governments. President Ronald Reagan promoted the ambition that commercial space operators would someday vastly eclipse government space operations and […]

How to understand Russia’s statement on military cooperation with China in space

How to understand Russia’s statement on military cooperation with China in space

Special to CosmicTribune.com, Feb. 7, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher As China and Russia have increased their open conventional military cooperation, and have explored covert nuclear military cooperation, it is likely that both have been pursuing military cooperation in space. On Feb. 1 the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted a press release titled, “Press […]

Was Iran’s ICBM-space threat to U.S. made in China?

Was Iran’s ICBM-space threat to U.S. made in China?

Special to CosmicTribune.com, January 31, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Jan. 28, two days after the United States beseeched China to help stop Iranian-fueled warfare against Israel and Western shipping in the Middle East, Iran became the first Arab state to launch three satellites into space from one rocket, on its Simorgh (Phoenix) liquid-fueled […]

China’s space launch sector follows lead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX with ‘Falcon-9’

China’s space launch sector follows lead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX with ‘Falcon-9’

Special to CosmicTribune.com, January 24, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In the burgeoning and cutthroat world of China’s “private” space launch sector, the motto of pioneering private company Landspace should be, “if you can’t beat them, join them.” In 2016 this “private,” or not state-owned but still subservient to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) company, […]

China’s Earth wars strategy in new Moon race with U.S.

China’s Earth wars strategy in new Moon race with U.S.

Special to CosmicTribune.com, January 17, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The United States requires a strategy to establish a clear lead over China in the race to dominate the Moon; The Jan. 9 announcement that the Artemis-3 next U.S. manned Moon mission is delayed to September 2026 puts the democracies in a dead heat with […]

China floats date for manned Moon landing; U.S. launches unmanned Moon probe

China floats date for manned Moon landing; U.S. launches unmanned Moon probe

Special to CosmicTribune.com, January 10, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher A major Chinese aerospace journal has “suggested” a date for China’s first manned Moon landing while on Jan. 8, the United States launched the Perigrine-1 commercial robotic Moon lander built by the Astrobotic Corporation, due to reach the Moon in February. The December 2023 issue […]

In 2023, China prioritized deep space to secure hegemony

In 2023, China prioritized deep space to secure hegemony

Special to CosmicTribune.com, January 3, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The year 2023 was significant for China’s space program on a number of levels, starting with the largest number of space launches — 65 — one more than 2022, while 17 were from new “commercial” space companies (CAS Space, Galactic Energy, Landspace, Space Pioneer, Expace, […]

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