Hates the humidity, loves cats. Works on space policy for @SWFoundation, but opinions are mine, not the organization's. She/her
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2026 version is out! We added Germany as our 13th country this year. Check it out 👇
🚀 2026 Global Counterspace Capabilities Report — Now Available
SWF is proud to release the 9th version of its Global Counterspace Capabilities: An Open Source Assessment report, edited by @VSamson_DC and Kathleen Brett, with support from Emily Kunasek.
A thread on key updates 🧵
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A hall once lined with the flags of countries world-wide, representing US diplomatic reach and respect, is now lined only with US flags. What a message. We are soon to be alone in this world.
Read more from Charles Ray, member of The Steady State, here: zurl.co/9WVYD
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There is a photo of it in slightly better quality released by maxar
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Make that 76! San Marino is the newest Artemis Accords signatory.
nasa.gov/organizations/oiir/…
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Maybe we should win one war before starting another
A @cbsnews EXCLUSIVE BY @JimLaPorta: U.S. military laying groundwork for potential action around Cuba cbsnews.com/news/u-s-groundw…
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Come see the moon and stars! (if there aren't too many clouds)
The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum will be the site of the 16th annual Astronomy Festival on the National Mall Saturday. capitalweather.com/saturday-…
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China's secretive spaceplane spent three months releasing and recapturing the same satellite in orbit.
Full story: defence-blog.com/chinas-secr…
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New from SWF: “Assessing the Atmospheric Impact of Satellite Re-Entry in the Large Constellation Era” examines how the growth of satellite constellations may affect the atmosphere as more spacecraft re-enter at the end of their operational lives.
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And another Artemis Accords signatory: Côte d’Ivoire. That makes 75.
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Never been to the opera before?
Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @MetOpera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Absolutely 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" @SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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"According to Mulvaney, the decision was made by the previous Air University commander and forwarded by AETC under a requirement to cut civilian jobs across the Department of the Air Force." Solid decision-making going on here
defensenews.com/air/2026/09/…
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Croatia became the 74th Artemis Accords signatory today (Sept 23) at a ceremony in Zagreb. nasa.gov/organizations/oiir/…
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HEB-like tortillas? SOLD
A hot new contender has entered DC's breakfast taco scene 👀
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Losing @CASI_Research is going to deprive us of analysis like this piece, which ID'd Chinese military writing that thought Luch could have been carrying an attack payload (prob a jammer) and GSSAP had the potential to jam in orbit
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"Golf said most of the interference JCO detects today originates on the ground. She expects that to change as more spacecraft operate in orbit and the military gains better visibility into radio-frequency activity in space."
spacenews.com/space-force-ex… via @SpaceNews_Inc
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Shaw (former dep cdr of SPACECOM) on SBIs: "perhaps the least likely component of an overall new threat defense system"
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"Herman said the Starlink satellites perform “20,000 maneuvers every single day.” He added that 1,000 of those daily maneuvers are to avoid collisions, “so the majority is either station keeping or orbit transfer.”"
breakingdefense.com/2026/09/…
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