Author: Tom Roeder
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Analysis: After Afghanistan, it’s time to talk about troops, draft | Tom Roeder
The arguments continue, but the war in Afghanistan is over, and that will bring big changes across the military. Counter-insurgency training is already being forgotten as ground-pounding Army formations prepare for what has been called a “hyper war” that brings in electronic warfare along with combat in the air, space and sea. And a military…
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Crow, Lamborn push measure to give Space Force part-time troops
The Space Force would get its own contingent of part-time troops under a measure from Colorado U.S. Reps. Jason Crow and Doug Lamborn to create a Space National Guard. The measure would move satellite troops now working in Army or Air Force National Guard billets to under the Space Force, the eighth armed service branch,…
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Analysis: Space Symposium solidifies Colorado Springs’ role in orbit | Tom Roeder
It wasn’t the biggest Space Symposium in history, but the weeklong gathering at The Broadmoor was likely the busiest. Hundreds of space companies came back from pandemic-driven isolation with pens ready to ink contracts and money burning a hole in their well-stuffed pockets. While the rest of the economy roiled amid COVID-19, space continued to…
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Top FAA regulator pledges a light hand for commercial space industry
The Federal Aviation Administration’s top regulator for space flight says his agency is struggling to keep up with the rapid growth of the commercial space industry as it wrestles with new issues including whether it should ensure the safety of space tourists and which of them should get commercial astronaut’s wings. Wayne R. Monteith, a…
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U.S. Space Command meets first capability milestone in Colorado Springs
Military leaders overseeing U.S. Space Command backed down from full-throated support of a process that would move it from Colorado Springs to Alabama, but said they’ll wait for a pair of federal investigations to conclude before they decide to reverse the decision. Former President Donald Trump caused controversy Friday when he told a syndicated radio…
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Lamborn court filing takes aim at former staffer in civil suit
The key witness for Brandon Pope, a former staffer suing U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn for alleged workplace retaliation, called for Pope’s dismissal in an email to office leaders, court papers in the case allege. Josh Hosler, another former Lamborn staffer who Pope cites as a key witness backing his claims, wrote up Pope for violating…
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Space Symposium: Colorado aerospace industry the Mall of America for all things in orbit
Sights and sounds from the 36th Space Symposium, the world’s largest space show, held at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. (Video by Skyler Ballard) If you are shopping for space technology, Colorado is the Mall of America for all things in orbit. If traffic is light, you can buy your rocket and satellite, hire staff…
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Space Symposium: Bluestaq melds shuffleboard and space situational awareness
Sights and sounds from the 36th Space Symposium, the world’s largest space show, held at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. (Video by Skyler Ballard) Startup aerospace contractor Bluestaq has a new downtown Colorado Springs office that is more clubhouse than cubicle farm. With a shuffleboard table, old-school video games, snack bars and bar-bars, the company…
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Trump confirms he ‘single-handedly’ dropped Colorado as Space Command home
Former President Donald Trump told a radio show Friday that he “single-handedly” picked Alabama as the new home for U.S. Space Command, confirming a January Gazette report and drawing fire from Colorado politicians and retired generals worried that the move could disrupt America’s defense of military satellites. Speaking to “Rick and Bubba,” an Alabama-based syndicated…
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New $9.5 million center to help Air Force Academy cadets understand warfare
As American troops pull out of the nation’s longest war in Afghanistan, the Air Force Academy is spending $9.5 million on a facility that will help cadets envision their role in future conflicts. Loaded with flight simulators, facilities similar to those used to control drones and other technology to introduce cadets to simulated combat, the…