The future of GPS satellites with Fang Qian of Lockheed Martin
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 17:36
In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss sits down with Fang Qian to discuss the future of GPS satellites.
White House releases space nuclear policy
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 17:22
The White House released a policy April 14 directing NASA, the Pentagon and the Department of Energy to develop space nuclear power systems that could launch as soon as 2028.
Defense firms unveil new satellite designs for orbital warfare
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 17:08
BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin are developing maneuvering satellites that can be refueled
Why Beijing Sent Wang Yi to Pyongyang Now: Three Strategic Calculations Behind the Visit
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 17:08
Beijing’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi traveled to Pyongyang in early April not because China wants closer ties with North Korea, but because Xi Jinping cannot afford a North Korean provocation in the weeks before he sits across from Donald Trump. That single calculation — managing the summit table — is the spine of this visit. […]
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Space Command pushes new warfighting model built on moving satellites
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 16:50
Gen. Stephen Whiting calls for a shift from fixed spacecraft to maneuverable assets, with wargames planned to test the concept
Q&A: Astronaut Linda Godwin on lessons learned from Artemis
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 16:43
Dismantling the Pipeline: How a 47% Science Cut Would Break the Systems That Make Human Exploration Possible
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 16:38
The White House has proposed cutting NASA’s Science Mission Directorate by roughly half in a fiscal year 2027 budget request that space policy experts describe as a near-verbatim repeat of a plan Congress already rejected months ago. This is the second consecutive year the administration has submitted essentially the same devastating science cuts, and the […]
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The difference between being alone and being lonely is whether you chose the silence. Most people never realize they stopped choosing.
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 16:08
Solitude and loneliness look identical from the outside. The variable that separates them is choice, and most people don't notice the moment they stop choosing the silence that once restored them.
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RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies expands reaction wheel production capacity
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 15:56
How Cassini’s final months at Saturn became the most scientifically productive planetary mission ever flown and what it taught engineers about controlled destruction
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 15:08
Cassini's final five months threading between Saturn and its rings produced more fundamental discoveries about the planet than the previous twelve years of the mission, and taught engineers that a spacecraft's controlled destruction can be its most scientifically valuable phase.
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Amazon Just Bought Its Way Into the Satellite-to-Phone Race — And the Real Target Is SpaceX
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 14:38
Amazon announced a deal to acquire satellite operator Globalstar, a move that instantly vaults the company into the direct-to-device connectivity market and sets up a collision course with SpaceX’s Starlink. It’s a classic Amazon play: buy what you can’t build fast enough. But the company it’s trying to catch has spent five years proving that […]
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People who choose dangerous frontiers aren’t reckless. They carry a different calculation about what constitutes a wasted life.
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 14:08
People who choose dangerous frontiers aren't miscalculating risk — they're running a different equation, one where the greatest danger isn't dying early but arriving at the end having never tested what they were capable of.
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