@vsamsondc.bsky.social
Hates the humidity, loves cats. Works on space policy for @swfoundation.bsky.social, but opinions are mine, not my organization's. She/her
@vsamsondc.bsky.social"nearly two years after Trump ordered development of a new homeland missile-defense system, lawmakers are still struggling to establish what Golden Dome will defend, how much protection it will provide and how much it will ultimately cost." spacenews.com/what-will-go...
@swfoundation.bsky.socialReposted by @vsamsondc.bsky.social#IAC2026 is underway in Antalya!
SWF staff are participating throughout the week in discussions on space security, sustainability, debris mitigation, emerging space nations & international cooperation.
Connect with our team: www.swfound.org/events/secur...
@swfoundation.bsky.socialReposted by @vsamsondc.bsky.socialHow are Asia-Pacific countries approaching space sustainability and diplomacy? Join SWF & the Embassy of Malaysia on Oct. 13, 3–6 p.m. in Washington, DC, for a discussion on regional priorities and global cooperation. RSVP by October 11 to [email protected].
@vsamsondc.bsky.social@vsamsondc.bsky.socialExcited to see this (disclosure: was interviewed for it so I might show up in some of it): “Space Wars” premieres Wednesday, October 7 at 9pm ET on PBS and online ➡️
to.pbs.org/4z1sld9
@andrewparsonson.bsky.socialReposted by @vsamsondc.bsky.socialIn a busy few days for EU defence-related space initiatives, the bloc approved a wide-ranging project that could involve up to €24B in investments, moved to strengthen its military space awareness, and revised its Space Threat Response Architecture.
spacenews.com/eu-nations-b...
@swfoundation.bsky.socialReposted by @vsamsondc.bsky.socialHow are Asia-Pacific countries approaching space sustainability and diplomacy?
Join SWF & the Embassy of Malaysia on Oct. 13, 3–6 p.m. in Washington, DC, for a discussion on regional priorities and global cooperation.
RSVP by Oct. 11:
www.swfound.org/news/secure-...
@vsamsondc.bsky.socialMe: there's "much more openness and willingness to talk about these sorts of capabilities, which just was not here even just a couple years ago...They're putting their money where their mouths are."
@vsamsondc.bsky.social"McDowell has identified 17 small U.S. satellites as likely jammers; all of them were launched as secretive payloads over the past four years. These satellites are in geostationary Earth orbit" www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-...
@china-in-space.comReposted by @vsamsondc.bsky.socialUnless it slipped away from Shijian-21 at incredible speeds before returning unnoticed, it never approached the claimed Beidou satellite. Shijian-25 started to split from it at the end of 2025: www.china-in-space.com/p/china-appe...
@vsamsondc.bsky.socialHmm - @planet4589.bsky.social says "Unless the US Space Force had been tracking the wrong objects, 'the rendezvous postulated in early 2025 could not have happened'"
@vsamsondc.bsky.socialI guess this is one way to conduct counterspace operations
@vsamsondc.bsky.social"in December 2025, it was reported that Meadowlands had been made eligible to be sold to allies through the United States’ Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program" - from @SWFoundation's 2026 counterspace report
Story from: www.bbc.com/news/article...
@vsamsondc.bsky.social"The British military has been jamming or blocking satellites from other countries in order to defend itself from hostile threats, the BBC has been told. The RAF has been using a ground-based system for the past year" Not saying that this definitively is the US' Meadowlands but
@dburbach.bsky.socialReposted by @vsamsondc.bsky.socialPBS NOVA will have an episode on Space Wars Oct 7th including me as an expert. Final boss for a science kid short of hosting the third run of Cosmos. I didn't make the trailer but I'm much more boring than @vsamsondc.bsky.social or @planet4589.bsky.social
@vsamsondc.bsky.socialHa I'm sure your comments were very insightful
Make that 76! San Marino is the newest Artemis Accords signatory.
www.nasa.gov/organization...
And another Artemis Accords signatory: Côte d’Ivoire. That makes 75.
www.nasa.gov/organization...
@vsamsondc.bsky.socialAbsolutely barn-burner by Steve Mirmina who argues that "The Moon should not be the Earth’s junk drawer" in "Lawful but Awful: U.S. Regulation of Commercial Activities on the Lunar Surface" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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