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Asteroid Near Miss (?): Monday, 2 November 2020
Indications and Warning – You won’t get anywhere else Based on European Space Agency database (drawing on JPL and many other sources), on Monday, 2 November 2020 Near Earth Object (NEO) 2018 VP1 will pass very close to earth(est. 62,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Asteroids, Elections, Intelligence, Space
Tagged Asteroid Impact, Elections, Space, Trump
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Understanding the Dataverse: Beirut Explosion and the future of Intelligence Collection/Analysis
As a thought experiment to see what’s coming in intelligence collection and analytics, consider the forensics associated with the recent Beirut disaster. The event itself was obviously detected instantly by witnesses all over the city. And instantly, decision makers needed … Continue reading
Posted in China, Cyber Threat, Financial Wars, Industrial Policy, Intelligence, NSA, Space, Ukraine
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Space News – And National News
Tuesday this week, in a speech before the National Space Council, Vice President Pence announced that the US would land its astronauts on the Moon again within five years. He said: “And I’m here, on the President’s behalf, to tell … Continue reading
Posted in NASA, Space
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The New Russian Threat: May be Good News for some
Putin may discover to his surprise that it is in many American parties interests to have Russia as an enemy. It is not overly cynical to point out that, for many interests in Washington, there is a great need to … Continue reading
Posted in China, Financial Wars, Russia, Space, Terrorism, Ukraine
Tagged defense budget, Duelfer, Lavrov, Russia, Sergey Lavrov, Ukraine
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Space Station and the Ukraine Crisis
The international space station is currently occupied by a crew of six. There are three Russians, two Americans and a Japanese member. The commander is a Russian. Presumably they all get along and are bonded by their collective mission. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligence, Russia, Space, Ukraine
Tagged International Space Station, Lavrov. Kerry, Ukraine
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Spacex Innovation Isn’t Technical
The mission by the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station executed by Spacex Inc., is remarkable. However, it is not a technical innovation. It is an innovation in government contracting. Technically, what Spacex did is little different than what … Continue reading