Conquering the Emptiness: A New Stage in the Militarization of Outer Space

... spread of lightweight launch vehicles throughout the world (even individual European states such as the United Kingdom and Germany have started their own programmes). The Frontier All this could paint a grim picture of the sky being transformed into ... ... the lunar lander had not even been selected yet, and none of the options had been manufactured, never mind tested, although NASA had not officially abandoned the programme and its timeframe. Realizing the infeasibility of the timeframe and clearly not ...