Policy
Why Donald Trump Wants to Go Back to the Moon
It’s a promise that has been made by three previous presidents
Policy
The Next Trump Legal Crisis: Who Is In Charge at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?
That’s a problem that will need to be solved by the courts.
Digital Government
The US Is Funding Silicon Valley’s Space Industry to Spot North Korean Missiles Before They Fly
The U.S. military doesn’t have the information it needs to stop an attack by North Korea. But officials believe they know where to get it.
Emerging Tech
Will Democrats Need to Break Up Amazon And Google to Beat Donald Trump?
Senate Democrats are taking up an anti-trust platform.
Digital Government
U.S. Won't Launch a Military Space Corps—For Now
Russian and Chinese anti-satellite weapons testing has raised the profile of space conflict in recent years.
Emerging Tech
Donald Trump’s New National Space Council is Already Baffling the Space Industry
Holding an untelevised event on the Friday before a holiday weekend isn’t a way to gin up popular support for a bold space agenda.
Digital Government
For Trump’s Budget to Work, the US Will Need the Biggest Technology Boom Since World War II
In order to deliver both massive tax cuts and end U.S. borrowing within the decade, Trump’s budget forecasts the U.S. economy will grow at a real rate of more than 3 percent
Digital Government
The US Air Force Wants to Remind You (and China) That its Secret Space Drone Is Back
The autonomous craft spent 718 days in space.
Digital Government
US Space Firms Tell Washington: China Will Take Over the Moon If You’re Not Careful
The US space industry is prodding the US government into refreshing its outdated laws on commercial activity beyond Earth.
Digital Government
Could Donald Trump Really Send Astronauts to Mars in the Next Seven Years?
NASA hopes to make the trip to Mars by the early 2030s.
Emerging Tech
The Israeli Finalist in Google’s $20 Million Race to the Moon Won’t Make It to the Starting Line
The Google Lunar XPrize is a contest offering $20 million to the first private team to send a robot to the moon.
Emerging Tech
Elon Musk has Officially Taken the New Space Race Between SpaceX and Blue Origin into Orbit
SpaceX has officially started space recycling.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX Will Fly its First 'Flight-Proven' Rocket Tonight to Make Space History
“We’re at the edge of quite a significant bit of history here.”
Emerging Tech
Space Tourism Companies Are Going to Write Their Own Safety Rules Because the US Government Can’t
The inaugural flights of these new ventures will be a leap into the unknown for the passengers.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX’s Self-Landing Rocket is a Flying Robot Great at Math
Landing spacecraft is fundamental to exploring our solar system.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX’s Launch This Weekend Is a Monument to Space Capitalism—Just Ask NASA
This marks the beginning of a new phase of American operations in space.
Emerging Tech
Elon Musk Says He’s Going to Tunnel Under His SpaceX Factory Soon
Is there anywhere Elon Musk won’t go to start a business?
Digital Government
SpaceX’s Leaked Finances Show Elon Musk Is Betting Big on Satellite Internet
The company hopes to generate enormous revenue by selling internet service from space.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX Says it Figured Out Why its Rocket Exploded And Will Fly Again Within Days
In a statement, the space company said the problem had to do with special tanks inside the rocket’s engine.
Digital Government