Watch Space Force’s Lt. Gen. John Thompson speak on sourcing tech to secure space
Lt. Gen. John Thompson of the United States Space Force spoke at TC Sessions: Space earlier this week on the importance of working with startups. The general is the Commander of the Space and Missiles Systems Center, where he oversees research, design, development and acquisition of satellites and their associated command and control systems for the U.S. Space Force. His role puts him in direct contact with some of the most ambitious and innovative startups.
Gen. Thompson spoke extensively on the importance of working with American business, specifically startups, where he sees many producing innovative products that fit within Space Force’s missions. He gave tips on how startups can interact with Space Force.
December 18, 2020
Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency relaxes on board the International Space Station on December 25, 2014.
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On December 25, 1968, the staff of mission control at NASA received confirmation of a long-rumored and hotly debated phenomenon. Over the crackle of a transmission coming from space on Christmas morning, astronaut Jim Lovell disclosed what must have been one of the most closely-kept space secrets of the entire program:
“Roger, please be informed there is a Santa Claus.”
Misers may doubt the veracity of Lovell’s eyewitness account of a corpulent bearer of space gifts, but the message was a fitting one. The voyage of Apollo 8 to circle the moon marked the first time astronauts had spent the holiday outside the confines of Earth. That milestone was due in large part to the efforts of John F. Kennedy, the late president who had vowed that America would be the first country to land on the moon and that we
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Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, inducts Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. Raymond into the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon, Dec. 11, 2020. The U.S. Space Force, established on Dec. 20, 2019, is the newest branch of military service tasked to protect U.S. and allied interests in space and to provide space capabilities to the joint force. (DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II)
The Pentagon announced today that the Joint Chiefs of Staff has been expanded to include General John Raymond, Chief of Space Operations. This brings the war cabinet total to eight members. The decision to enlarge the group was signed into law earlier this year, and while General Raymond won’t be officially added to the roster of America’s most senior uniformed leaders until the one-year anniversary of the formation of Space Force on Sunday, December 20, he says he has already been received by his peers.
Despite pandemic, ULA s Vulcan Centaur still scheduled for inaugural launch in 2021
ULA CEO Tory Bruno discussed some details of the company s year and looked ahead to 2021.
Posted: Dec 18, 2020 4:31 AM
Posted By: Will Robinson-Smith
Depite the challenges presented by the pandemic during the majority of 2020, United Launch Alliance s (ULA) biggest new project, the launch of the Vulcan Centaur rocket, is still on track for 2021.
President and CEO Tory Bruno confirmed the news during an end of the year conference call on Thursday.
He said production is ongoing at the manufacturing facility in Decatur. Decatur is hopping! We have 31 rocket stages in flow right now. So, it is a very busy rocket factory with all of the configurations in flow at once, Bruno said.