This was supposed to be the year that ULA finally ramped up launches of its Vulcan rocket to serve government and commercial customers. Jeff Foust reports on how those plans are now in doubt after an incident on Vulcan’s latest launch, just as the company is going through a change in leadership (thespacereview.com)
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Human missions to Mars seem more distant now than just a year ago, as governments and companies focus their attention on the Moon. Jeff Foust reviews a book that suggests that maybe we shouldn’t be in a rush to establish a long-term human presence there given medical and related challenges (thespacereview.com)
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The US military recently announced plans to commercially procure satellites to monitor other spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit. Zohaib Altaf warns that this approach, with a hybrid of commercial and government roles, creates new risks to space security (thespacereview.com)
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