The Private-Sector Space Challenge to China
The SpaceX Dragon capsule has returned to Earth after delivering nearly a half-ton of supplies in the first purely commercial replenishment mission to the International… Read More
Guest Blog: China’s Space Program Threatens U.S. National Security
On November 2nd, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) completed a critical milestone in its young, yet ambitious, space program. China’s unmanned Shenzhou 8, which… Read More
Senate Committee to BBG: Hands off China Broadcasting
Of the countries that present the greatest foreign policy challenges to the U.S. and will do so in the decades to come, China has to… Read More
Morning Bell: China Threatening U.S. Space Superiority
Yesterday in New York City, NASA’s last space shuttle astronauts visited a World War II aircraft carrier-turned-museum docked on the west side of Manhattan. The carrier is… Read More
Lost in Space: The Administration’s Rush for Sino–U.S. Space Cooperation
The Obama Administration appears absolutely intent on engaging the PRC in space cooperation. How else to explain the claim by White House Office of Science… Read More
Dragon Week: Orbiting Dragons
At the 2009 Sino-American summit, President Obama committed the US to dispatching the head of NASA to China, in return for a reciprocal visit by… Read More
Chinese Women in Space
Even as the US continues to debate how it will sustain a manned presence in space, China made yet another major announcement about its manned… Read More
New China Space Milestone an Opening for the U.S.
Even as NASA and the rest of the US government continue to debate about how it will sustain a manned presence in space, the Chinese… Read More
Space Program Deserves Full Funding
Like cyberspace, space remains a critical enabler of America’s military power. Whether for navigating Navy destroyers through narrow straits, or guiding smart bombs to their… Read More
Congress Must Save Vital ‘Responsive Space’ Program
A recent article I wrote for Armed Forces Journal discusses the Pentagon’s efforts to maintain space dominance amid the challenges of emerging peer competitors. The… Read More
