Europe Faces Major Rocket Shortage as Satellite Demand Set to Peak by 2030

Europe faces a looming aerospace crunch as a surge in satellite manufacturing threatens to outpace available launch capacity by 2030, according to European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher. Speaking to the Financial Times, Aschbacher warned that European demand for orbital launches will peak between 2029 and 2031. The bottleneck stems from a heavy schedule … Read more

Ebola Crisis in DR Congo: Unprecedented Outbreak, Violence, and Global Response

The Ebola epidemic in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has become the second-largest outbreak on record, with 1,850 deaths reported among approximately 4,000 cases, according to data from the Congolese government and the World Health Organization. As of August, health officials report that the fatality rate exceeds 40%, driven by … Read more