24 June 2020
US steps up space weaponisation rhetoric
...of Defense, the US Space Command, to plan for combat; the Space Development Agency, to speed up acquisition; and, with Congress’ approval, the US Space Force, to cultivate personnel. Kitay sees it all as “the gears of a powerful machine clicking into...
11 November 2020
Senate deals major blow to Bridenstine’s Moon ambitions
...certified crew vehicle in decades, while lawmakers in the US Congress turned down a request that Bridenstine said would have allowed... seen as drawing bipartisan support during his tenure, but Congress doesn’t appear as though it will come through for ...
24 August 2016
Elon Musk To Be Special Keynote Speaker at IAC 2016
.... This year's IAC will be held in Guadalajara, Mexico, September 26-30. Musk will speak on the second day of the Congress, during a special keynote entitled "Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species". The talk will feature a discussion of long-term...
08 October 2020
Asgardia joins International Astronautical Federation
.... The theme of the CyberSpace Edition will focus on the IAF Motto ‘IAF Connecting @ll Space People’. The Congress includes networking events, talks and an extensive technical programme covering advances in science and exploration, applications and...
December 2014
Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space
... “The Asteroid Redirect Mission and Sustainable Human Exploration”, IAC paper 14.A5.1.1, 65th International Astronautical Congress, Toronto, Canada, October 2014. 2 Muirhead, B., “Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission Overview”, presentation to the Small...
October 2015
The Global Space Governance Study – A new regulatory framework for New Space?
... fora such as the COPUOS Working Group on Long-Term Sustainability of Space Activities, UNISPACE + 50, or the International Astronautical Congress/IAA Considering key roles for non-governmental agencies such as the Secure World Foundation, the...
