Space policy wonk, former engineer, husband, father, all around geek. I tweet things I find insightful, informative, or provocative. Day job @swfoundation
Nov 15, 2021 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
1/ (THREAD) Ok, short thread rounding up what we know so far on the #Cosmos1408 breakup, potentially as a result of a Russian ASAT test
2/ A breakup event for Cosmos 1408, a derelict Russian ELINT satellite, was initially reported by @US_SpaceCom in @HoustonChron
Oct 14, 2021 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
1/ Another great (and troubling) episode with @aaronstein1@wslafoy and @ArmsControlWonk, but I do want to talk a bit about the mention of the legal status of FOBS (sorry <foooooooobbbsss>) under the Outer Space Treaty
2/ On the pod, they mentioned that FOBS was in part designed as a way to get around the Outer Space Treaty, specifically the first part of Article IV on placement/stationing of nuclear weapons in orbit
Mar 12, 2021 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
1/ Ok so I guess it's time for a thread on the whole "Biden doesn't care about space" thing
2/ Lots of griping and commentary from the #space community about the lack of focus/interest on space from the Biden Admin so far. Let's unpack where that comes from and why
