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Plans to expand space program create hope for a bigger Colorado role (VIDEO)
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WASHINGTON — Federal officials laid out a plan to expand commercial space travel before U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner and other lawmakers Wednesday while Colorado political leaders try to position the state to benefit from growing opportunities in the final frontier. Potentially most important for Colorado was a plan for managing space traffic described at a…
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BIDLACK | Proposed cuts in space exploration are penny-wise, pound-foolish
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Did you know that Colorado is a nuclear power? OK, that may be overstating it a bit, but did you at least know that it is home to a number of intercontinental ballistic missiles? It’s not a secret, it’s the 321st Strategic Missile Squadron, based out of F.E. Warren Air Force Base up the road in…
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Even in space, competition brings out the best
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Congress was considering giving billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX a monopoly over military space launches. Luckily, the language was stripped before the bill’s final passage, offering an important reminder that, in a society that values economic prosperity and opportunity, a legally sanctioned monopoly is more than counterproductive; it is cheating. Buried in the over-600-page National Defense…
