Rick Liebling, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Tue, 08 Jul 2025 20:38:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Rick Liebling, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 We’ve lost our ability to be awed by space https://spacenews.com/weve-lost-our-ability-to-be-awed-by-space/ https://spacenews.com/weve-lost-our-ability-to-be-awed-by-space/#respond Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=527365 Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope’s first year of interstellar observation, an international team of researchers was able to serendipitously view an exploding supernova in a faraway spiral galaxy. Credit: NASA STSCI

There was a time when looking up at the night sky stirred a visceral sense of wonder. The moon landing, the Shuttle launches, the Voyager missions — these were moments […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/weve-lost-our-ability-to-be-awed-by-space/feed/ 0 527365 How independent space companies can fight back against misinformation from Elon Musk and Donald Trump https://spacenews.com/how-independent-space-companies-can-fight-back-against-misinformation-from-elon-musk-and-donald-trump/ https://spacenews.com/how-independent-space-companies-can-fight-back-against-misinformation-from-elon-musk-and-donald-trump/#respond Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=513641 Self-proclaimed "First Buddy" Elon Musk gestures while discussing the sixth Starship test launch with President-elect Donald Trump at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. To the right of Trump is Gen. Chance Saltzman, Chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force.

The space industry thrives on precision, innovation and scientific rigor. But in today’s media landscape, facts often take a backseat to spectacle. Two of the loudest voices in the space […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/how-independent-space-companies-can-fight-back-against-misinformation-from-elon-musk-and-donald-trump/feed/ 0 513641 Winning hearts and minds to further the global space economy https://spacenews.com/winning-hearts-and-minds-to-further-the-global-space-economy/ https://spacenews.com/winning-hearts-and-minds-to-further-the-global-space-economy/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=507509 AI-generated image of rockets simultaneously launching from all around the world.

A recent opinion piece in SpaceNews, How countries can increase their participation in the global space economy, highlighted six areas — leadership and collaboration, funding and revenue, regulatory frameworks, technology […]

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