November 16, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

Russia says it’s going to beat Elon Musk and SpaceX’s ‘old tech’ with a nuclear rocket Just one potential Russian broken dream of many. Several plans have been laid out by Russian space companies for “taking back” space leadership. In this case, noting SpaceX’s successful use of existing technologies to have its rockets do what […]

November 9, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

SpaceX nears big US govt. missions as ULA handwaves about risks of competition It’s good to know a bit about the history that set up Lockheed and Boeing to create ULA. The sneaky and underhanded shenanigans of Boeing particularly helps readers savor the irony of statements made by the COO. This also goes against some […]

November 2, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

There’s a new space race: India vs Pakistan Not sure it’s a race. It’s more lop-sided than a race. Pakistan can’t really compete, yet. One day it might, but probably not in the next five years or so. India, on the other hand, has been building up its launch capability for a while–even if it […]

October 26, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

SITE to INSAT: How India got the best support from both the US and the USSR in space programme For those who have wondered how India managed to squeak into the small club of nations routinely launching rockets into orbit, this summary is pretty good. Although I’m applying “routinely” to mean just launching rockets into […]

October 19, 2018: Weekly Spatial Resolutions

The epic adventures of BepiColombo – Part 1: to the launch pad! In theory, this mission will be launched tomorrow. It’s a European Space Agency cartoon spin to educate folks on the mission. Kind of fun! Waking Up to China’s Space Dream China has launched A LOT of orbital rockets this year. More than it […]