The Moon Was Shining, The Stars Were Bright…

... fallen out of favour. Both Russia and the United States closed their ambitious projects to study deep space in 2011–2012, effectively putting an end to the most recent attempts of the great powers to make a significant breakthrough in the field of space research. There has also been a lack of significant progress in the study of near space following the deployment of the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) in 2012. Projects to militarize outer space have also been pushed into the ...