China bets on patience + control.
NASA bets on democracy + markets.
Both could succeed—or stumble.
The future of the Moon depends on which vision arrives first 🚀🌕
#SpacePolicy #Cislunar

#KC135 #OperationEpicFury #CENTCOM #Cislunar #USSpaceForce

Ensuring American Space Superiority Superiority. That's the word that jumped out when Trump signed his latest space executive order on 18th December 2025. Not leadership. Not cooperation. Superiority. Language matters in policy documen...

New post - Trump's Dec 2025 space EO redefines cislunar space as strategic terrain. For allies: integration on US terms or client status. STM marketisation, missile defence ties, nuclear detection mandates.

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#SpacePolicy #SpaceSecurity #Cislunar #Geopolitics

Vice Chief: Space Force Should Be Thinking About Cislunar ‘a Lot Right Now’ The Space Force’s small size has limited its capacity to consider what role it will play in future operations on and around the moon. That needs to change, according to Vice Chief of Operations Gen. Shawn Bratton. The post Vice Chief: Space Force Should Be Thinking About Cislunar ‘a Lot Right Now’ appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.

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DARPA Launches TBD2, the First Deep-Space Surveillance Network to Track Tiny Objects Millions of Miles From Earth DARPA’s TBD2 program aims to track tiny spacecraft across deep space, creating th...

#Breaking #News #Defense #Space #cislunar #DARPA #space […]

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Lanteris, formerly a Maxar company, to be acquired by Intuitive Machines The move widens Intuitive Machines’ past focus on the Moon to the space market closer to Earth.

Experts: US Needs Whole-of-Government Approach to Match China in Cislunar As the gap between U.S. and China’s space capabilities narrows, national security space experts say the Space Force and the broader Pentagon should forge stronger connections with the Intelligence Community and NASA in order to stay ahead. The post Experts: US Needs Whole-of-Government Approach to Match China in Cislunar appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.

Experts: US Needs Whole-of-Government Approach to Match China in Cislunar As the gap between U.S. and China’s space capabilities narrows, national security space experts say the Space Force and the broader Pentagon should forge stronger connections with the Intelligence Community and NASA in order to stay ahead. The post Experts: US Needs Whole-of-Government Approach to Match China in Cislunar appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.

Experts: US Needs Whole-of-Government Approach to Match China in Cislunar As the gap between U.S. and China’s space capabilities narrows, national security space experts say the Space Force and the broader Pentagon should forge stronger connections with the Intelligence Community and NASA in order to stay ahead. The post Experts: US Needs Whole-of-Government Approach to Match China in Cislunar appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.

Experts: US Needs Whole-of-Government Approach to Match China in Cislunar As the gap between U.S. and China’s space capabilities narrows, national security space experts say the Space Force and the broader Pentagon should forge stronger connections with the Intelligence Community and NASA in order to stay ahead. The post Experts: US Needs Whole-of-Government Approach to Match China in Cislunar appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.

Experts: US Needs Whole-of-Government Approach to Match China in Cislunar As the gap between U.S. and China’s space capabilities narrows, national security space experts say the Space Force and the broader Pentagon should forge stronger connections with the Intelligence Community and NASA in order to stay ahead. The post Experts: US Needs Whole-of-Government Approach to Match China in Cislunar appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.

Birkhoff vs Resonant Normal Forms for Cislunar Station-Keeping

New paper compares Birkhoff and resonant normal forms, proposing impulsive station‑keeping. Presented at the 2025 AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting. arXiv:2510.06368. Read more: getnews.me/birkhoff-vs-resonant-nor... #cislunar #spaceflight

Robust Cislunar Navigation Using H∞ Filtering and Bearing‑Only Sensors

On 6 Oct 2025 a study presented a cislunar navigation method using bearing‑only optical sensors and a full‑order H∞ observer with L2 bounds, achieving bounded errors in NRHO simulations. getnews.me/robust-cislunar-navigati... #cislunar #navigation

Work-in-progress of something bouncing around my head.
#space #NASA #CisLunar

Lunapolitics | LinkedIn Lunapolitics | 3,568 followers on LinkedIn. At the center of where political and economic interests intersect with the Moon | A content creation and curation platform and consulting service that focus...

#Lunapolitics is coming back: weekly newsletter and original analysis, monthly interviews, and monthly market/BI note. Thanks to those who stayed. Follow & subscribe here: www.linkedin.com/company/luna... #Moon #Lunar #Cislunar

The Space Review: Making a new case for space nuclear power

"Why, I'd just LOVE to see a rehashed nuclear-thermal propulsion system proposal yet again!" said nobody in particular, apparently.
#Mars #cislunar #propulsion #NuclearThermal
thespacereview.com/article/5028/1

Sidus Space’s next milestone, $120M with Lonestar + selects Atomic-6 to provide solar arrays for cislunar data satellite mission Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU), an innovative space and defense techno...

#CEO #Chief #Executive #Officer #(CEO) #Cislunar #Cislunar […]

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Far Out! Cislunar research roundtable. Wednesday March 26, 9AM-12PM. RSVP Required.

Catch the SWF's Chris Johnson, Director of Legal Affairs and Space Law, as he participates in Far Out! Cislunar Research Forum. March 26 from 9AM-12PM EST.

https://bit.ly/4hqVhCi

#SWF #SpaceExperts #Space #SpaceLaw #SpacePolicy #Cislunar

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
We are proud to announce the appointment of Jim Frelk to Board Advisor for Blue Ridge Networks, Inc.

Read our press release here: blueridgenetworks.com/wp-content/u...

#CyberCloak #BoardOfDirectors #CybersecurityLeadership #Cislunar #Aerospace #SpaceIndustry

This report talks about #UN COPUOS guidelines , #ISAM (In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing), #Cislunar operations, and case studies featuring #SpaceX starbase, #Artemis accords, and #NewZealand ‘s space regulatory platform 🛰️🌕🧑‍🚀

Firefly wins NASA contract for third lunar lander mission NASA selected Firefly Aerospace for a third lunar lander mission, this one including a rover, to launch in 2028.

NASA selected Firefly Aerospace for a third lunar lander mission, this one including a rover, to launch in 2028. The task order is valued at $179.6 million.

#space #cislunar #firefly #lander #nasa 🇺🇸

Cislunar Spacepower The New Frontier By Laura Duffy and James Lake   ABSTRACT Establishing spacepower in the cislunar space environment is important due to economic, political, and military competition among great powers. While the Unite...

Establishing spacepower in the cislunar space environment is important due to economic, political, and military competition among great powers. Cislunar space offers lucrative resources including water, Helium-Three, rare earth metals, and regolith.

#cislunar #cislunarspace

Cislunar space is the space region extending from Earth to the Moon, including the Moon's surface and nearby orbits. It's governed by the gravitational forces of both the Earth and the Moon, extending to an altitude of approximately 550,000 km.

#cislunar #cislunarspace

Find out why #Cislunar #SpaceOperations matter! Our SR VP, Jim Frelk, co-authored this article: realcleardefense.com/articles/202...
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@considercosmos #nasa #spacex #cislunar economy #boeing #godspeed ( Ed : we need an alt to Elons SpaceX )

Starliner and crew prepare for launch at SLC-41.

Things are on track for flight at 10:34 PM EDT tomorrow

📸 @johnpisaniphoto

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@marcushouse 🇳🇿 #spacex #cislunar economy #nasa #starship 1.0 😔 SpaceX Starship Expectations vs. Reality: Is There a Problem?

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( Ed : see thunderfoot0 for the cruelest of take downs of musk & nasa 😬)

@thespacereview #cislunar economy #nasa #spacex lunar #rover This Week in The Space Review
April 15, 2024

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