🚀 Il Pentagono mette fine a un controverso progetto spaziale, una decisione che non mancherà di generare dibattito. #PentagonDecides #SpacePolitics

🔗 https://www.tomshw.it/scienze/il-pentagono-cancella-un-programma-spaziale-2026-04-21

There followed more than a minute of awkward silence, ended by #Isaacman jumping back in for a “comms check” – and #Trump repeating his stories 🤔😆 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/07/trump-artemis-ii-crew-call-nasa-cuts

#Artemis #SpacePolitics

#WhiteHouse #NASA #budget proposal

• $8.5B for #Artemis landers, suits, and transportation
• $175M for #robotic missions to start establishing a lunar base camp, plus operations on the #Moon’s surface
• $109M to shift NASA’s Landsat EO program to #commercial providers
• $3.4B in #science cuts through eliminating 40+ missions
• $297M reduction in space tech
• $1.1B cut to #ISS spending
• $143M in #STEM cuts
https://payloadspace.com/white-house-requests-18-8b-fy27-budget-for-nasa

#Trump #Congress #SpacePolitics

Survivors 2070 Part Three: Tension in the Cold Shadow
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#SpacePolitics #SurvivalDrama #TenseOrbit #SciFiConflict #HumanNature #scifi #zsoltzsemba #haloarc

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Survivors 2070 Part Three: Tension in the Cold Shadow

The First Signs of Conflict

Halo Arc worked because every person had a role. For the first two years, cooperation stayed strong. Then the cracks appeared. Groups formed based on nationality, old alliances, and shared backgrounds.

A new voice rose among the residents. Elias Turner, a former policy advisor, questioned command decisions.

“We need more transparency,” he said during a public forum. “We deserve to know the truth about Earth’s condition.”

Colonel Rajan replied, “You have the same reports we do.”

“Then show us the raw data,” Elias said. “No filters.”

Tension spread. Some people sided with him. Others trusted the current command. Alina watched the argument unfold.

“This is dangerous,” she whispered to Marcus.

“It was inevitable,” he said.

Power Struggles

A small group demanded elections. They wanted new leadership. They wanted representation by population rather than expertise.

Rajan addressed the crew.

“We are a survival mission. Not a political experiment. Replacing leadership during crisis risks everything.”

Elias countered, “Then you fear democracy.”

Voices rose. Security teams intervened. Meetings grew heated. Food queues turned into arguments.

A Near Disaster

While the community argued, a coolant leak developed in the fusion core buffer. Automated alarms sounded. Marcus and his team rushed in.

“We were distracted,” he said through his helmet.

Sato tightened a clamp. “We almost missed this.”

Marcus checked the gauge. “Stabilized. Another hour and the core would have gone into emergency shutdown.”

The incident reminded everyone that Halo Arc could not survive without unity.

Rajan gathered the community.

“This is our warning. We cannot fight each other. We survive together, or we fall into the cold with Earth.”

Elias stepped forward.

“I agree. I propose cooperation committees. Shared oversight. Not rebellion.”

The room relaxed. A balance formed.

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Survivors 2070 Part One: The Launch Before the Freeze

The Beginning

The station called Halo Arc had been circling Earth for four years before the first missile was launched. Every nation involved understood they had built the only safe place left for humanity. Europe, America, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Finland, Iceland, New Zealand, and the UK. They all contributed people and technology. They selected scientists, doctors, nurses, physicists, engineers, agricultural specialists, and a small group of cultural scholars.

The final selection came down to 3000 people. Each candidate passed genetic screenings, psychological tests, and political neutrality checks. Every person had to work. No passengers. No celebrities. No politicians other than one representative, whose job was negotiation and conflict resolution.

Inside the briefing room in Geneva, Dr. Alina Varga looked at the panel of world leaders.

“We are cutting it close,” she said. “Satellite data shows the first Arctic detonations within six months.”

President Collins of the United States leaned forward. “Then we move today. We cannot wait for a perfect moment. We need the launch sequence ready.”

Prime Minister Henriksen of Iceland nodded. “Every extra day on Earth increases the chance of failure.”

The room fell silent as Colonel Yasmin Rajan entered.

“Launch initiates in nine hours,” she said.

No one argued. Humanity was out of time.

Why the Mission Existed

Two decades of rising tensions and retaliations pushed nations into defensive stockpiles. The final blow came from a failed peace agreement in 2068. By early 2069, Earth’s surface temperatures had started falling. Nuclear winter projections grew worse every month. The Halo Arc program became the only insurance policy.

Politicians did not get to choose who entered Halo Arc. A coalition of scientists and AI evaluators made the final list. People selected had to rebuild civilization if Earth became uninhabitable.

Departure

As the shuttles lifted, the chosen watched the world glow beneath them. Clouds spread like a white blanket across the continents. The air already showed signs of cooling. Alina gripped the seat handles.

“Goodbye,” she whispered.

Beside her, Dr. Marcus Finn adjusted his visor. “If we do this right, we come back.”

“If Earth lets us,” she replied.

The Halo Arc opened its docking ring. The future of humanity began with a quiet click of magnetic locks.

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