Dawn Stover of Popular Science obtained this image through the Freedom of Information Act. The image, taken by the XSS-11 microsatellite, shows the upper stage of the Minotaur 1 that carried the microsatellite into orbit. If you are interested, here is an AFRL briefing on XSS-11. Arms Control Wonk.com wrote a pair of stories about …
Indian Space Driven By Microsat Hoax
by | 2005-10-31 | 1 Comment
More images of space-themed stamps from India. K.S. Jayaraman of Space News (“Indian Government Set To Create Aerospace Command”) reports that Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi told reporters India would establish Aerospace Command for various military space missions. I blogged this back in May. IAF officers have been pushing such …
Steinbruner on Iraq
by | 2005-10-27 | 1 Comment
I usually limit my commentary about Iraq to WMD-related issues. That reflects both my own relative expertise, as well as my sense of futility about the entire endeavor. The course of this catastrophe follows a terrible, inexorable logic that I believe immune to the efforts of policymakers or protestors. In a way, that’s moral cowardice …
NNSA Asks Congress to Drop RNEP
by | 2005-10-26 | 7 Comments
Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) sent out a press release announcing that the Appropriations Conferees “have agreed to drop funding for continued research on the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP) project…” The House had eliminated DOE funds for RNEP, while the Senate recommended $4.0 million. The real shock: NNSA asked the conferees to do it. Apparently, …
