Victoria Samson, Jessica West, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:55:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Victoria Samson, Jessica West, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 Hubble, bubble, toil, and trouble: stirring up an arms race in space https://spacenews.com/hubble-bubble-toil-and-trouble-stirring-up-an-arms-race-in-space/ https://spacenews.com/hubble-bubble-toil-and-trouble-stirring-up-an-arms-race-in-space/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:30:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=512650 Illustration of a space tracking and surveillance system.

Like a cursed spell, space-based missile defense keeps getting resurrected — no matter how many times it’s been banished. President Trump’s Executive Order, The Iron Dome for America, released Jan. […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/hubble-bubble-toil-and-trouble-stirring-up-an-arms-race-in-space/feed/ 0 512650 In the shadow of war, diplomats and experts seek to ban weapons from space https://spacenews.com/in-shadow-war-diplomats-experts-seek-ban-weapons-from-space/ https://spacenews.com/in-shadow-war-diplomats-experts-seek-ban-weapons-from-space/#respond Sun, 08 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=505042 Image of anti-satellite weaponry generated via DALL-E.

Even as the community of nations on Earth fractures further into rival blocs, an effort to build greater cohesion in space is gathering momentum. The extent to which this succeeds, […]

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