Starbase is an industrial installation built by SpaceX to fabricate and test a number of the company’s rocket types. The area around it is a unique and delicate ecosystem that includes estuaries and coastal grasslands, mud flats and more, where falcons, hawks, ravens, gulls and songbirds live.

MICHAEL BROWN is a Partner at Shield Capital, a Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Security and Technology, and former Director of the Defense Innovation Unit at the U.S. Department of Defense.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A California-based startup led by former SpaceX executives announced Jan. 29 it has raised $100 million to accelerate development of lower-cost hypersonic missiles, marking Silicon Valley’s latest push into the defense sector traditionally dominated by established contractors.

Experts told Newsweek about the difficulties of reaching Mars as the United States faces complex challenges in space policy.

While Jeff Bezos has spent $14 billion to achieve his first space launch, his billionaire rival has built a thriving business, mostly with other people’s money.

Its demise would be an early indication of SpaceX’s influence over space policy under Mr Trump. Read more at straitstimes.com.

We’ve survived two turbulent weeks of Trump Two. And, amid all the chaos, there’s no doubt who’s in charge. He’s the man of the hour. He’s everywhere: giving orders,

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The world’s richest man apparently thought it was a good idea to bully the Federal Aviation Administration chief out of his job.

The D.C. fire chief has said that recovery is now underway, as bodies are pulled out of the Potomac River. With many of Trump’s executive orders and policy memos disrupting the normal function of government, could this disaster have been prevented by a competent administration?

A potentially crippling entanglement with China is that of our defense and homeland security needs. If that dependence remains, our national security is at risk.