By Howard Bloom Governor David Paterson, former governor of New York State, Steve Kwast, retired-three-star general, and I, Howard Bloom, founder and chair of the Space Development Steering Committee, have called for a vast simplification of NASA’s Artemis program, the program to get the first woman to the moon by 2024. Paterson, Kwast, and I call for the use of SpaceX’s 100-passenger vehicle, the Starship, to get a woman to.. Read More

By Howard Bloom China has upped the ante in its race to overtake the United States as the world’s leading space power.  In early July, the Chinese launched three rockets to orbit in a mere week, a remarkable achievement.  In addition, China has announced that its state-run rocket firms will have a total of 40 rocket launches to orbit this year, and that, in addition, there will be orbital launches.. Read More

When two nations are in a race and one shuts its eyes and pretends that no competition is taking place, the nation that closes its eyes loses. We don’t want that to happen to the USA. But it is happening. We all know that we are in a competition with China for world leadership. But we fail to see that a crucial part of that competition is a space race.  China announced on.. Read More