3+ hour, 7+ min ago   (228+ words) With Mars Sample Return canceled, the question is no longer how to bring samples home'but how far existing space law can stretch before its gaps become consequential. International law, however, is more cautious. While the Outer Space Treaty clearly bars…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (182+ words) Next week is the official start of "let's circle back on that in the new year" season'but not for Congress, where lawmakers have a handful of time-sensitive priorities on their holiday to-do list. New Year, Old Me: Congress is also…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1611+ words) Industry is working every day to establish a long-term, sustainable human presence on the lunar surface. But the challenge of creating a complete, end-to-end cislunar economy doesn't end with touchdown'or even with setting up shop permanently on the surface. To…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (758+ words) Jacqueline Feldscher is the managing editor of Payload, and author of Polaris, Payload's weekly space policy newsletter. Previously, she was the senior national security correspondent at Defense One and the national security and space reporter at Politico, where she wrote…...