Jeremy Hsu of Imaginova penned an article for Space News: “Space Arms Race Heats up Overnight.” A few choice bits (my emphases):
“It was an unfortunate choice by the United States that seems to have been unnecessary. The fact is that satellites fall from space all the time and the risk of it was fairly minimal,” [...]
I received this technical analysis (Forden analysis) by MIT’s Geoffrey E. Forden regarding the US Navy’s proposed shootdown of USA 193. Forden’s attempts at objectivity are laughable, but the commentary that accompanied his e-mail shows the ethical vacuity of his school of thought. Better to let some folks die than sully pristine outer space with the possibility of conflict [...]
It doesn’t get any better than this. Whyis the Navy going to shoot down an inoperable American spy satellite? Lots opf reasons come to mind, very few of which jive with the official version that it is an issue of pubic safety. Our friend Jim Oberg has, as usual, the most scientifically sound and logical responses–but [...]
Glad to see that our Congressmen is on message about the real utility of space:
Washington Times, January 11, 2008 Pg. 19
Needed: Strategy For Space Protection
China’s anti-satellite efforts pose danger By Terry Everett A year ago this week, the People’s Republic of China launched one of its ballistic missiles and destroyed a satellite orbiting overhead, creating [...]
The following is the keynote presentation I delivered recently to the National Security Space Center’s Space Education Symposium:
A couple of months ago, I accompanied most of my colleagues at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies on a tour of Air Force Space Command at Peterson and Schriever Air Force Bases in beautiful Colorado [...]
Dr. Joan Johnson-Freese, Chair of the National Security Studies Department at the U.S. Naval War College, has published an interesting article titled “China’s Space Ambitions” in Proliferation Papers, available at:
http://www.ifri.org/files/Securite_defense/China_Space_Johnson_Freese.pdf.
[John Sheldon has a very thoughtful editorial in Today’s Space News]
The Chinese anti-satellite (A-Sat) test in January has produced countless calls for ways and means to strengthen and achieve “space security.” The advocates for space security range from the well-intentioned through to the disingenuous, but all have one thing in common: the state of affairs [...]
An interesting effort at Space Debate.org: Expanding the Debate on Space Weaponization.
The Blog is in early development and the quality is spotty, but this could turn into a very useful tool.
[It’s been a while since this first appeared in Space News, thought it might be worth dredging up]
No nation relies on space for its security more than the United States — none is even close. Both economically and militarily, loss of space capabilities would prove disastrous. America’s economy, and along with it the world’s, would [...]
[A version of this editorial appeared in Space News]
No nation relies on space more than the United States, both for its economic well-being and its military security. For this reason, obliteration of a decrepit weather satellite in a successful Chinese weapon system test on January 11 is especially troubling.