Are there military space stations out there?
The idea of space bases piloted by secret military operatives sounds like something out of the latest bestselling thriller. Yet just a few decades ago, such military space stations weren’t so far from reality. In the 1950s and 60s, government officials were looking to space to protect America’s interests on the ground, and they had some pretty far-out ideas about how to create a military presence in the sky. Military space stations grew out of America’s space race — and the Cold War — with the Soviets. Spacecraft that would ultimately propel us to the moon were originally just one part of the space program. The other part involved space stations — structures designed to house researchers. One of the earliest military incar
