Four Australians just attended the National Security Space Institute’s Space Fundamentals Course in Colorado Springs, Colo., reports Capt. Catie Hague. The Royal Australian Air Force attendees included two radar operators, an intelligence officer, and one academic. Australia is just beginning to enter the space arena; currently the country does not have orbiting satellites, according to the “academic,” RAAF Squadron Leader Roger Halford. He noted, “We are here on a three-month tour because our country wants to get more involved in space.”
The Air Force’s study of possible links to elevated rates of cancer among personnel who worked on intercontinental continental ballistic missiles has begun, the commander in charge of the U.S. ICBM fleet confirmed March 28. The initial phase of that study will mine cancer registries for information and compile a…