A key element in the NRO's creation of a real-time reconnaissance capability a half-century ago was the development of dedicated data relay satellites. Dwayne Day examines the Satellite Data System program and its unusual management approach.
For a time early this year, a near Earth asteroid had a small but growing chance of hitting the Earth in 2032. That risk is now gone, Jeff Foust reports, but it has people talking about planetary defense and how to support NASA's efforts there.
The international community continues to debate how utilization of space resources should be regulated and managed. Nikola Schmidt and Martin Svec ague that failing to act opens the door to companies having their own way, to the detriment to humanity in general.
Discussions about a new space race have focused on a competition between China and the United States, but other nations can play roles as well. Three authors discuss how New Zealand could leverage its unique position in geopolitics to grow its space activities.
This is a blog post. Part showing off. Part opinion. Plan accordingly. The Model Context Protocol is days away from turning six months old. You read that right, six months old. MCP Servers have both taken the world by storm, and still trying to figure out what they want to be when they grow up…