Category Archives: SpaceX

June 9, 2020—Innovate the National Guard while Shooting for the Moon . . .

June 9, 2020—Innovate the National Guard while Shooting for the Moon . . .

“Regardless of the argument over who is most responsible for the riots, state and municipal authorities must resolve to bring peace back to their streets, with the assistance of the National Guard as warranted.” ~ National Review Editors in “First, Restore Order” Read Full Story

November 26, 2019—Give Thanks and Learn from our First Thanksgiving!

November 26, 2019—Give Thanks and Learn from our First Thanksgiving!

Let us pause to give thanks for all our blessings, and the lessons learned by those who came before us — particularly the Puritans who risked everything for a new life in America. Such memories help us see and meet our opportunities to leave this land better than we found it — with the help of the Sovereign of the Universe. So may it be . . . Read Full Story

June 11, 2019—Follow SpaceX to Revive Cost-Effective Space Defense!

June 11, 2019—Follow SpaceX to Revive Cost-Effective Space Defense!

SpaceX and others in the private sector are exploiting current technology that can enable a truly advanced space-based defense program — an advanced Brilliant Pebbles system that was the most important Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) concept from President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). It entered a fully approved Concept Development and Validation (DemVal) program in 1990, anticipated to cost $20 billion (in today’s dollars), which could lead to deployment in space within five years and operate for 20 years. Current “powers that be” should follow the lead of SpaceX and others to build ASAP such advanced systems as part of President Trump’s Space Force. Read Full Story

November 20, 2018—Give Thanks for our Heritage!

November 20, 2018—Give Thanks for our Heritage!

Pause to give thanks for all our blessings, and the lessons learned from those who came before us, and recommit to keeping this land free and prosperous for those who follow us. Memories give us a context for seeing and meeting our opportunities to leave this land better than we found it — and with the help of the Sovereign of the Universe, so may it be . . . Read Full Story

April 12, 2016—SDI Promised … SpaceX Delivering … More to Come?

April 12, 2016—SDI Promised … SpaceX Delivering … More to Come?

“Today our adversaries perceive that space is a weak-link in our deterrence calculus” . . . “Our strategy is to strengthen that link, to assure it never breaks, and to disabuse our adversaries of the idea that our space capabilities make tempting targets.” ~ Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy Doug Loverro — Testimony to the House Armed Service Strategic forces Subcommittee, March 15, 2016 Read Full Story