Author: Tom Roeder
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Crow, Lamborn, push measure to give Space Force part-time troops
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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
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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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U.S. Space Command meets first capability milestone in Colorado Springs
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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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Trump confirms he ‘single-handedly’ picked Alabama for Space Command
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Former President Donald Trump on Friday told a radio show 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 generals worried that the move could disrupt America’s defense of military satellites. Speaking to “Rick and Bubba,” an Alabama-based syndicated talk…
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Lamborn calls out Pentagon, intelligence agencies for Afghanistan ‘disaster’
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Colorado Springs Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn on Monday called the situation in Afghanistan “far worse than the fall of Saigon,” while slamming the Pentagon, intelligence agencies and President Joe Biden. A leading Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, Lamborn said the Pentagon and intelligence agencies downplayed the possibility of a Taliban takeover while…
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Veterans Affairs mandates COVID vaccine for health workers, including Colorado
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The Department of Veterans Affairs became the first federal agency to mandate coronavirus vaccination for employees Monday when its leaders gave heath care workers eight weeks to get inoculated. The move impacts Veterans Health Administration workers including doctors and nurses who work at VA facilities including the Lindstrom Clinic in Colorado Springs and the agency’s…
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Generals put stars behind effort to keep Space Command in Colorado
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Six months after the Trump administration spurned Colorado as the permanent home for U.S. Space Command, a campaign to reverse the decision to send it to Huntsville, Ala., continues to grow. The latest to lend their names to the effort are retired Air Force Gen. Ed Eberhart, who led the last iteration of U.S. Space…
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Leader of Senate spy panel questions pulling U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs
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Two of the top Democrats on the Senate’s Intelligence Committee want President Joe Biden to review a Trump administration decision to uproot U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs over feared negative impacts to the nation’s spy agencies. Intelligence chairman U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat and Colorado’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a member…
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Historic Mars helicopter mission, supported by Colorado companies, earns praise after successful flight
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The first flight of an aircraft on Mars was praised Monday morning by the Colorado Springs-based Space Foundation. The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, a drone managed by NASA crews on Earth that completed its mission thanks to work from a pair of Colorado companies, took off at 4:46 a.m. for a brief hop from the Perseverance…
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Weapon in Boulder massacre slides under federal regulations
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The weapon identified in court documents from the Boulder attack is an AR-556 pistol. And calling it a pistol makes a big difference in how that weapon is taxed and regulated. Here are some details: ? It doesn’t look like a pistol The pistol manufactured by Ruger is a trimmed-down version of the popular AR-15…
