Congress Floats Ways to Secure Skies After Chinese Balloon

Congress Floats Ways to Secure Skies After Chinese Balloon

As the only current U.S. senator to have visited space, Mark Kelly knows something about unexplained objects in the skies.  Back in his aviator days, Kelly saw Mylar party balloons fly by his cockpit. And once when he was piloting a NASA aircraft, he spotted an object at roughly 45,000 feet (13,700 meters) — much higher than commercial airplanes fly — that he couldn't identify by sight.  He's not sure he would want to see American missiles flyin…

Congress Floats Ways To Secure Skies After Chinese Balloon

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the only current U.S. senator to have visited space, Mark Kelly knows something about unexplained objects in the skies. Back in his aviator days, Kelly saw Mylar party balloons fly by his cockpit. And once when he was piloting a NASA aircraft, he spotted an object at roughly 45,000 feet (13,700 […]

Congress floats ways to secure skies after Chinese balloon

The Biden administration's unprecedented peacetime downing of the Chinese balloon and three other objects has raised new and troubling questions about the security of American airspace, alarming lawmakers who fear the episode has exposed a vulnerability that could be exploited by other foreign adversaries.

Congress floats ways to secure skies after Chinese balloon

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the only current U.S. senator to have visited space, Mark Kelly knows something about unexplained objects in the skies.

Congress floats ways to secure skies after Chinese spy balloon

Senators Marco Rubio and Dianne Feinstein jumped on the opportunity to renew a proposal to create the Space National Guard.

Congress floats ways to secure skies after Chinese balloon

The Biden administration's unprecedented peacetime downing of the Chinese balloon and three other objects has raised new and troubling questions about the security of American airspace, alarming lawmakers who fear the episode has exposed a vulnerability that could be exploited by other foreign adversaries.