군-한화시스템-제주도정은 4월 22일 제주 서귀포 해상, 구체적으로는 강정과 대포 사이 해상에서, 한화 시스템의 위성을 탑재한 고체연료 우주발사체 실험을 진행할 계획이다. 여기 연명한 국내, 국제 단체 및 개인들은 이 발사가 제주의 군사화를 심화하고 생태·환경을 파괴하며 민주주의를 위협한다고 판단하며, 즉각적인 중단을 강력히 요구한다.
2월 CBS 노컷뉴스 단독 보도에 따르면, 군은 이번 발사를 포함해 내년 안으로10차례가량의 발사를 계획하고 있다. 이에 제주 19개 도민 단체는 2월 23일, 공동성명서를 통해 도정의 해명을 촉구하고 해상 발사 중단을 요구한 바 있다.
그러나 오영훈 제주도정은 발사를 열흘 앞둔 시점까지 어떠한 공식 입장도 내놓지 않았다. 군 관계자 역시 이 발사가 “군 전력에 대한 것”이라며 구체적인 설명을 회피하고 있어, 이 발사가 군과 긴밀히 관련되어 있음은 분명하다.
Please sign here In the US, also send to your Congressional representatives.
From the Jeju Green Party, the Jeju Chapter of the Justice Party, and the People Opposing Space Militarization and Rocket Launches (South Korea)
Stop the joint military-Hanwha Systems-Jeju Provincial Government Sea Launch!
Signatures of groups and individuals will be collected until 11:59 p.m. on April 19, 2026 (KST)
* The petition and the names of the organizations and individuals who signed it will be announced at a press conference in front of the Jeju Provincial Government Building at 11:00 a.m. on April 20 (KST) and submitted to the Jeju Provincial Government.
You can view the original Korean text here: https://forms.gle/XniaL1UzG6PWEazRA. If you know anyone who speaks Korean, please share this link with them.
On April 22, the South Korean military, Hanwha Systems, and the Jeju Provincial Government plan to conduct a test of a solid-fuel space launch vehicle, carrying a Hanwha Systems’ satellite, off the coast of Seogwipo, Jeju—specifically between Gangjeong and Daepo. The South Korean and international organizations and individuals listed below believe that this launch will intensify the militarization of Jeju, destroy the local ecosystem and environment, threaten democracy, and we strongly demand its immediate cancellation.
According to an exclusive report by CBS Nocut News in February, the South Korean military plans to complete approximately 10 rocket launch tests, including this one, by the end of next year. In response, 19 civic groups in Jeju issued a joint statement on February 23, urging the provincial government to provide an explanation and demanding a halt to the sea-based launches.
However, as of ten days before the launch, the Jeju Provincial Government led by Oh Young-hoon had not issued any official statement. Military officials have also avoided providing specific details, stating only that the launch is “related to military capabilities.” This vague remark illustrates how the launch is closely tied to the military, and is therefore carried out without proper public scrutiny.
Public Meeting: Tuesday, October 21 · 6:30 p.m. Cielo Azul Elementary School Cafeteria 3804 Shiloh Road NE (Off Unser & King Blvd)
What’s Happening
A company called Castelion Corporation proposes to build a hypersonic missile/rocket manufacturing and testing facility (“Project Ranger”) on New Mexico State Land Office property in Sandoval County, roughly 3 miles west of Northern Meadows and 4 miles northwest of Camino Crossings, North Hills, and Sierra Norte.
This project poses serious environmental, health, and safety risks for the entire Middle Rio Grande Valley.
Environmental and Health Impacts
🚱 Water Contamination Risks
Rocket propellants such as hydrazine, ammonium perchlorate, and aluminum powders contaminate groundwater.
Perchlorate affects thyroid function at parts-per-billion concentrations.
Nearby Rio Rancho aquifer recharge zones could be permanently damaged.
Similar contamination occurred at White Sands Missile Range and Hill AFB (UT), where cleanup has taken decades.
Elon Musk’s massive xAI data center is poisoning Memphis. It’s burning enough gas to power a small city, with no permits and no pollution controls. Residents tell us they can’t breathe and they’re getting sicker.
JFK visiting Nuclear Rocket Development Station: public domain;
NASA’s going nuclear. It was decreed before most of us were born. Back in 1955, the Air Force set out to design a nuclear-propelled stage for an intercontinental ballistic missile at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. In 1958, a few months after the Soviets launched Sputnik, Congress held hearings on Outer Space Propulsion by Nuclear Energy. And the Air Force project was reassigned to the newly created National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
NASA was founded as “a defense agency of the United States for the purpose of chapter 17 of title 35 of the United States Code.” Its council—including the U.S. President and Secretaries of State and Defense, and the Chair of the Atomic Energy Commission—would forge “cooperative agreements” with the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines.
NASA’s military roots are deep.
Since 1961, NASA has deployed “more than 25 missions carrying a nuclear power system.” Today, the federal Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is making a nuclear fission reactor and rocket for NASA to test in 2027. The Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations aims to replace chemical propellants with nuclear propulsion systems at least three times as efficient, enabling crewed flights to reach Mars.
From Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space 4-3-25
Original post: By Between The Lines January 27, 2004
Interview with Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
Last week, President Bush announced his goal of sending Americans back to the moon by 2020 and then on to Mars. He promised only $1 billion in new funds for the project over the next five years, saying $11 billion in that period will come from a redeployment of money already allocated to NASA, the U.S. space agency. While some see this as a political move by Bush to sound Kennedy-esque as his campaign for re-election gears up, others foresee a scenario unfolding that could boost the fortunes of the controversial “Star Wars” anti-missile defense system, as the U.S. seeks to extend its superpower status into space.
Between The Lines’ Melinda Tuhus spoke with Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. Gagnon has worked on space issues [since 1982] and was organizer of the Cancel Cassini Campaign, an effort to stop the launch of 72 pounds of plutonium into space onboard a satellite in 1997. Though ultimately unsuccessful, the campaign attracted worldwide attention and support.
Gagnon discusses the Bush administration’s space proposal, how much it will likely cost, where the funds will come from and who stands to profit. He also lays out his hope for the world community to take space exploration in a different direction.
Bruce Gagnon: I think it’s part of a long, long-time plan to begin to build the infrastructure to use space to control the earth and then ultimately to create a 50-year, 100-year plan to control the shipping lanes between the earth and planetary bodies. There’s a plan to actually mine the skies. They’ve discovered gold on the asteroids. On Mars, there’s magnesium and cobalt and uranium. That little rover driving around Mars today, it’s not looking for the origins of life like we’re told; they’re doing soil identification and they’re trying to identify what is where on that planet. There’s helium-3 on the moon. In fact, there’s a New York Times story where they say that it will replace fossil fuels when they are gone on the earth, and helium-3 will be used for fusion reactors. Coincidentally, the U.S. never signed the 1979 Moon Treaty that outlaws permanent bases on the moon, military bases, and most importantly, says that no country or corporation or individual can claim ownership of the moon. The U.S. didn’t sign that treaty because we’ve always intended to have military bases on the moon. I have a copy of a secret Army study from 1952 that says the U.S. has to control the moon. They long ago realized that whoever controls the moon actually will be able to control the pathway on and off the planet Earth – they call it the earth-moon gravity well; whoever is at the top of the well will control who can get on and off the planet. And a congressional study in 1989 entitled, Military Space Forces: the Next 50 Years, stated that with our bases on the moon, we would be able to ‘hijack rival shipments upon return’, so that if anyone else tried to mine the sky but they weren’t authorized, we would be able to take them out on the way back. It’s high-tech piracy.
Free The Sky 