Space Liberation!
Don't let naysayers fool you. Richard Branson's space flight is a boon for society.
Don't let naysayers fool you. Richard Branson's space flight is a boon for society.
Private space companies' efforts are a boost to the government's own space programs, in addition to being objectively cool.
The drug bust blurs the line between military operations and civilian law enforcement.
Regulators haven't kept up with the times when it comes to the changing nature of ventures into space.
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In a glimpse of a gloriously rule-breaking future, contraband has boldly gone where more is sure to follow.
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Israel and the United Arab Emirates pledge to cooperate in space, potentially paving the way for a joint mission to the Moon or beyond.
The Trump administration has expanded a bipartisan drive to commercialize more of NASA's space operations.
Two American astronauts splashed down to Earth after over 60 days aboard the International Space Station
Competition is cutting the cost of space travel to a fraction of what it was.
The horses used to belong to the Air Force, which makes only slightly more sense.
Today's Crew Dragon launch marks the first time a private company has sent humans into orbit.
The "privatization" of space has already expanded the possibilities of the cosmos for all mankind far beyond what six decades of federal bureaucracy could.
Aerospace pioneer and SpaceShipOne designer Burt Rutan on the dawn of private space travel.
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Was rocketry pioneer Frank Malina written out of some histories of space exploration for his political sins?
The videos show a U.S. military jet's encounter with what appears to be a fast-moving, unidentified object.
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That seems like a bit of an overreaction.
If the Space Force goes down before it ever got up on its feet, that's probably for the best.
It's a reminder that space exploration is anything but safe.
Is another bureaucracy really going to solve the problem?
The National Constitution Center summarizes contributions to the ongoing debate over the constitutionality of the Space Force - including a new Congressional Research Service report on the subject.
The language police have come for the space geeks.
The issue was recently raised by legal scholar Michael Dorf, and goes back to earlier debates about whether originalism implies that the Air Force is unconstitutional.
A new military service focused on space would be a burden on both taxpayers and the private space industry.
The Pentagon can't create an entirely new branch of the military on its own. But it's moving forward where it can.
The famed astrophysicist thinks a lot of people are only against the Space Force because it was Trump's idea.
In Trump's world, "everyone" is absolutely thrilled about his widely criticized plans to establish an entirely new branch of the U.S. military.
No pesky Romulans, Klingons, Ferengis or Vulcans to get in way of Terran colonization of the galaxy
As bad ass as it might sound, a dedicated Space Force would likely prove to be another big government boondoggle
Which would be cool. But it probably won't happen anyway. So everybody chill.