How NASA's Artemis Base Camp and China-Russia's ILRS plan to build permanent Moon bases: 3D-printed regolith habitats, Kilopower reactors, ISRU, and realistic timelines.
Mir's 15-year run: 104 visitors from 12 nations, the 1997 fire and collision, Shannon Lucid's marathon stay, and how the Soviet station proved humans could live in space.
US Space Force, NRO, Space Development Agency, Starshield, and China's ASAT weapons. How orbit became the new high ground and which nations are arming for space warfare.
