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Space War

New 'Star Wars' Plan: Pentagon rushes to counter threats in orbit

Because the programs are classified, no one outside of the government can reliably estimate how much is being spent. But Todd Harrison, an aerospace engineer who studies the military space budget at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said it was likely hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

18 May 2024, 17:11 IST

New 'Star Wars' Plan: Pentagon rushes to counter threats in orbit

New 'Star Wars' Plan: Pentagon rushes to counter threats in orbit

New 'Star Wars' Plan: Pentagon rushes to counter threats in orbit

18 May 2024, 17:11 IST

Russia’s space weapon: anti-satellite systems are indiscriminate, posing a risk to everyone’s spacecraft

The problem is that, depending on what type of weapon this is, the consequences of using it could be indiscriminate – threatening everyone’s satellites and causing a breakdown of the vital services that come from space infrastructure.

20 February 2024, 09:17 IST

Russia’s space weapon: anti-satellite systems are indiscriminate, posing a risk to everyone’s spacecraft

Russia’s space weapon: anti-satellite systems are indiscriminate, posing a risk to everyone’s spacecraft

Russia’s space weapon: anti-satellite systems are indiscriminate, posing a risk to everyone’s spacecraft

20 February 2024, 09:17 IST

Can we even have babies in space? Why we're not ready for life off-planet

Space is inhospitable: its radiation and lack of gravity wreak havoc on the body; the legal situation is murky at best; and there's the looming disaster of trying to reproduce beyond Earth.

09 November 2023, 13:25 IST

Can we even have babies in space? Why we're not ready for life off-planet

Can we even have babies in space? Why we're not ready for life off-planet

Can we even have babies in space? Why we're not ready for life off-planet

09 November 2023, 13:25 IST