Gary Church, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:08:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Gary Church, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 Ending the dream https://spacenews.com/ending-the-dream/ https://spacenews.com/ending-the-dream/#respond Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:30:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=512151 2011 concept art of a solar power-beaming satellite. Credit: NASA

I was 20 years old and a member of the 7th Cavalry near the DMZ in South Korea when the first Space Shuttle was launched in 1981. The launch took […]

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