Poison in the Shallows: How Cyanide Allegations Are Reshaping the South China Sea Standoff
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 19:08
The Philippines has accused Chinese fishermen of deliberately dumping cyanide into waters around Second Thomas Shoal, calling it an act of environmental sabotage designed to starve Filipino troops stationed on a rusting warship at the contested atoll. The charge, backed by what Philippine officials describe as laboratory results from seized bottles, opens a strange and […]
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Seagate Space and Oceaneering Join Forces to Build the Future of Offshore Launch Infrastructure
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 18:56
Oceaneering International, Inc. and Seagate Space Corporation today announced a strategic relationship to advance the development of Seagate Space’s offshore launch platform design.
NASA’s Ride-Along Science Strategy Is a Structural Retreat, Not a Pivot
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 18:38
NASA’s science program is being hollowed out, and the agency’s leadership appears content to let it happen. What is underway is not a budget dispute or a temporary pivot toward fiscal restraint. It is a structural abandonment of the approach that produced NASA’s most significant discoveries over six decades — the dedicated science mission, designed […]
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The people who keep starting over aren’t lost. They have an unusually honest relationship with outgrowing things.
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 18:08
People who keep starting over aren't scattered or lost — they have an unusually honest relationship with outgrowing things, reading the signals of misalignment that most people suppress until the slow drift becomes a crisis.
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The future of GPS satellites with Fang Qian of Lockheed Martin
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 17:36
In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss sits down with Fang Qian to discuss the future of GPS satellites.
White House releases space nuclear policy
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 17:22
The White House released a policy April 14 directing NASA, the Pentagon and the Department of Energy to develop space nuclear power systems that could launch as soon as 2028.
Defense firms unveil new satellite designs for orbital warfare
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 17:08
BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin are developing maneuvering satellites that can be refueled
Why Beijing Sent Wang Yi to Pyongyang Now: Three Strategic Calculations Behind the Visit
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 17:08
Beijing’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi traveled to Pyongyang in early April not because China wants closer ties with North Korea, but because Xi Jinping cannot afford a North Korean provocation in the weeks before he sits across from Donald Trump. That single calculation — managing the summit table — is the spine of this visit. […]
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Space Command pushes new warfighting model built on moving satellites
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 16:50
Gen. Stephen Whiting calls for a shift from fixed spacecraft to maneuverable assets, with wargames planned to test the concept
Q&A: Astronaut Linda Godwin on lessons learned from Artemis
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 16:43
Dismantling the Pipeline: How a 47% Science Cut Would Break the Systems That Make Human Exploration Possible
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 16:38
The White House has proposed cutting NASA’s Science Mission Directorate by roughly half in a fiscal year 2027 budget request that space policy experts describe as a near-verbatim repeat of a plan Congress already rejected months ago. This is the second consecutive year the administration has submitted essentially the same devastating science cuts, and the […]
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The difference between being alone and being lonely is whether you chose the silence. Most people never realize they stopped choosing.
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 16:08
Solitude and loneliness look identical from the outside. The variable that separates them is choice, and most people don't notice the moment they stop choosing the silence that once restored them.
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