http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/star-wars Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:54:44 -0400 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:54:44 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1146/the-final-frontier-space-exploration-and-politics By Jeremy Blackburn - It will weigh 400 tonnes, cover the area of two football pitches and act as permanent laboratory/living quarters for six scientists, as it orbits at 18,00Omph. Its assembly will be thei most dangerous and corn-‘ plex space operation as yet attempted, by any nation.’ Its name is ‘Space Station Alpha’. The base’s life began in 1984, when Reagan commissioned the construction of the sublimely entitled ‘Freedom Station’, hoping to have it built by 1992 to mark the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s discovery of the New World. This then, would have... Fri, 01 Jan 1999 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1146/the-final-frontier-space-exploration-and-politics http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1165/light-sabres-in-space-soviet-views-on-sdi By John Devlin - President Ronald Reagan branded the USSR an “evil empire” in March 1983. A few days later he instigated a “long-term research and development [R&D] program” to explore ways to protect America from strategic nuclear attack (Survival, 1983, p.130). This was a staggering proposal. The US would retain strategic nuclear forces for an indefinite period to uphold national security. Reagan added that the US did not “seek military superiority or political advantage” (Survival, 1983, p.130). This was the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI). It had the potential... Wed, 01 Jan 1997 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1165/light-sabres-in-space-soviet-views-on-sdi