Commentary by Mike Snead, President, Spacefaring Institute™
Is the United States prepared for non-nuclear space warfare? Pearl Harbor II is a fictional future space war scenario written in 1995 that is still relevant today. Continue Reading122 – Pearl Harbor II: A fictional scenario of a non-nuclear space attack on the United States
Sixty years after humans first reached orbit, commercial orbital passenger spaceflight has yet to begin. This article explains why this “puzzle” exists and how to jumpstart a new commercial spaceliner industry. Continue Reading115 – Solving the commercial passenger spaceflight puzzle
107 – My commentary on why Space Policy Directive 4 goes much farther than just starting a U.S. Space Force; it starts America’s transition into a true human spacefaring nation Continue Reading107 – WOW! Examining Space Policy Directive 4 directing DOD to propose creating a U.S. Space Force and much more!
Post 106 – Recommended reading: Dr. Lamont Colucci argues that a full-fledged U.S. Space Force is needed to meet America’s needs this century in our now clearly apparent Great Power competition with China Continue Reading106 – Recommended reading: A Space Service in Support of American Grand Strategy
Post 105 recommends reading an excellent article on why a U.S. Space Force, as a separate service, is needed. Continue Reading105 – Recommended reading: To Rule the Orbits: Why the U.S. Military Needs an Independent Space Force
Post 103: 2019 (Part 4) focuses on why America’s need for sustainable energy security will be a key driver for America becoming a true human spacefaring nation. Continue Reading103 – 2019: Moving America towards becoming a true human spacefaring nation (Part 4)
This article shows how America’s aerospace industry now has the capability to build a substantial and robust American LEO astrologistics infrastructure and provide aircraft-like fully-reusable space access for passengers. Continue Reading102 – DSIAC Journal article: American “astrologistics”
Disruptive American astrologistics: Unleashing the potential of America’s aerospace industry to assert American dominance in space. Continue Reading101 – Disruptive American astrologistics
A constitutional climate lawsuit against President Trump could trigger America undertaking GEO space solar power. Continue Reading100 – 2019: Moving America towards becoming a true human spacefaring nation (Part 3) – Updated
On August 13, 2018, at his signing of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) at Fort Drum, New York, home of the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division, in front Continue Reading95 – Is the President’s new U.S. Space Force being resisted by DOD?
Recently, the Honorable Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, published an op-ed “How to Seize Revolution in Hypersonics and Space.” (Aviation Week Network, June 22, 2018.). Long Continue Reading93 – The Space Review: An Alternative Proposal for a Revolution in Hypersonics and Space
“The US ‘Space Force’ and Its Implications” by Namrata Goswami is an excellent analysis of President Trump’s call for a U.S. Space Force and its implications on national and international Continue Reading92 – Recommended reading: “The US ‘Space Force” and its Implications” by Namrata Goswami
At his Wednesday night (June 20, 2018) Minnesota rally, when President Trump began to explain that he was reinvigorating NASA’s human space exploration program, supporters spontaneously took up the chant Continue Reading88 – Overcoming the “deep state” opposition to a U.S. Space Force