I remember having a conversation with a missile engineer some time ago about the North Korean Nodong missile; he said “no one in their right mind would field a missile that has only been successfully tested once!” At the time, that made a lot of sense to me. But exactly how many tests do you …
More Pabian on Iran, Syria
by | 2008-12-27 | 13 Comments
Frank Pabian sends along a response to the comments on his presentation. Regarding the comments posted so far regarding my Youtube briefing, first, I would first like to thank all the commenters for their questions and comments on the various aspects of the presentation. However, I must also say that I’m surprised and sorry to …
Space—Not So Big or Empty After All
by | 2008-12-24 | 2 Comments
Jeffrey writes in his recent post about BX-1 being a Rorschach test and he appears to be right on so many levels. I thought I’d riff off of his excellent post and focus in on one aspect that has been bothering me for quite a while: defining what maneuvering actually means. You see, space isn’t …
BX-1 Panic
by | 2008-12-23 | 19 Comments
You can see an animation of the BX-1 companion satellite at 1:57 into the clip. Anybody remember that really boring paper I wrote, in 2004, calling for “rules of the road” regarding autonomous proximity operations? (That’s when satellites maneuver around one another.) Me neither, but according to the internet, I said: The launch of a …
