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What's not to like? When it comes to space, the

April 9, 2017 by Katherine Berry

What's not to like? When it comes to space, the US is not about to become the world's largest nation on a scale unseen since the Second World War. US-led space programs are currently in their first phase of development, with a projected completion date in 2018. This may seem like a little bit of a stretch, but the US is already a major partner for space, with the United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Boeing, and NASA both providing payloads from ground-based launchers.

In fact, NASA has been a major participant in the development of the International Space Station, where it has been building a system that would be capable of performing a series of missions, including a robotic mission to the asteroid Lagrangee in 2011, and a landing on a moon in 2012. NASA also provided the launch of the ISS's first cargo ship, the International Space Station (ISS), for the 2015 launch of Delta IV, a rocket that is currently in space for the first time and will launch the first ever astronauts aboard. (The ISS will be built by Orbital ATK for use in the next 100 years.)

But just to be clear, the US is also currently funding multiple space technologies, including the United Launch Alliance (ULA) for the development of a high-altitude, low-cost rocket that can send humans to orbit. NASA is also providing a series of scientific and commercial space vehicles to its astronauts, ranging from a rocket capable of carrying a crew of eight to a robotic spaceplane capable of carrying hundreds of humans to a manned-spaceplane for the first time.

To put it simply, both Trump and his administration are taking the initiative to develop technologies to counter intercontinental ballistic missiles. The US is in the process of building a constellation of space-based systems that can track and destroy such missiles. The US is also looking in the right direction, as the military and intelligence community recently announced that the CIA has developed a new system called Global Positioning System (GPS) that can monitor and track incoming and outgoing missile launches, and is currently working with Iran to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile that could be dropped at sea.

And all of this is just the beginning. As Trump continues to push the envelope on space, there may be new developments that his administration may not have been able to anticipate back in the mid-1990s. First, the US has already deployed an Orbital ATK-2 rocket to the International Space Station for testing an intercontinental ballistic missile, and another US intercontinental ballistic missile that is