Bleddyn Bowen
@bleddb.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Astropolitics | Space warfare | Own views
Books: Original Sin http://bit.ly/3JYbcIe ; War in Space http://bit.ly/34Stplv 🏴🏳️🌈 🚀🛰
Web: https://tinyurl.com/p9pt8n9n
“He doesn’t see the stars - just the vast dark spaces in between.”
Books: Original Sin http://bit.ly/3JYbcIe ; War in Space http://bit.ly/34Stplv 🏴🏳️🌈 🚀🛰
Web: https://tinyurl.com/p9pt8n9n
“He doesn’t see the stars - just the vast dark spaces in between.”
Lovely day in Bamburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed today
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Lovely day in Bamburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed today
Post a movie where you are from
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Post a movie where you are from
This pithily sums up so much of what I don’t like about a lot of ‘strategy’ research in academia or think tank ‘analysis’ today.
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This pithily sums up so much of what I don’t like about a lot of ‘strategy’ research in academia or think tank ‘analysis’ today.
![One Welsh Labour source argues that Eluned Morgan needs to be firmer on these demands. "We all hate it when the first minister says she is going to pester Keir Starmer and ask him for something.
"It's as if she is asking a friend to lend her a tenner to buy a round [in the pub]."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6r2kpvhxiy3gu6meca5qvhna/bafkreicn7zh372sox2attxqxnqzd6pbc27lhjopbtcpdc7nviutejgdspa@jpeg)
They are clearly fans of Hunter on the Amiga Commodore over there.
November 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
They are clearly fans of Hunter on the Amiga Commodore over there.
What if… space was already militarised? 😱
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
What if… space was already militarised? 😱
Today in British politics
November 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Today in British politics
New York billionaires flying past UK billionaires over the Atlantic
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
New York billionaires flying past UK billionaires over the Atlantic
Canada will have to spend a lot more than $60m CAD a year if it wants a domestic space launch capability.
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
November 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Canada will have to spend a lot more than $60m CAD a year if it wants a domestic space launch capability.
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
Finally getting round to reading @weinersmith.bsky.social @zachweinersmith.bsky.social City On Mars book. It’s very good but it turns out I’m also what they call a Space Bastard.
I prefer Astrobastard, personally. Might change my job title.
I prefer Astrobastard, personally. Might change my job title.
November 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Finally getting round to reading @weinersmith.bsky.social @zachweinersmith.bsky.social City On Mars book. It’s very good but it turns out I’m also what they call a Space Bastard.
I prefer Astrobastard, personally. Might change my job title.
I prefer Astrobastard, personally. Might change my job title.
Not today, Beelzebub!
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Not today, Beelzebub!
The most interesting and perhaps the biggest policy observation the report makes is on UK launch - commercial viability is still up for debate, but sovereign access and industrial base case is strong if defence/security space needs and launch industry can be aligned.
November 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The most interesting and perhaps the biggest policy observation the report makes is on UK launch - commercial viability is still up for debate, but sovereign access and industrial base case is strong if defence/security space needs and launch industry can be aligned.
It's also lovely to see my book 'Original Sin' (Hurst Publishers) used prominently to explain orbits early on. Hopefully I helped make the case for the value of social sciences and humanities research and education in space policy!
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/origina...
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/origina...
November 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
It's also lovely to see my book 'Original Sin' (Hurst Publishers) used prominently to explain orbits early on. Hopefully I helped make the case for the value of social sciences and humanities research and education in space policy!
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/origina...
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/origina...
Thanks so much to @lordsukspacecom.parliament.uk for inviting me to share my expertise in person on UK space policy and strategy - their report "The Space Economy: Act Now or Lose Out" is now available: publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
@sgiadurham.bsky.social
Some thoughts below:
@sgiadurham.bsky.social
Some thoughts below:
November 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Thanks so much to @lordsukspacecom.parliament.uk for inviting me to share my expertise in person on UK space policy and strategy - their report "The Space Economy: Act Now or Lose Out" is now available: publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
@sgiadurham.bsky.social
Some thoughts below:
@sgiadurham.bsky.social
Some thoughts below:
Enjoyed my visit to Boon and thr Beethoven-haus. New goal is to have his work pattern almost every work day…
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Enjoyed my visit to Boon and thr Beethoven-haus. New goal is to have his work pattern almost every work day…
Looking at new PCs to play Europa Universalis V
November 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Looking at new PCs to play Europa Universalis V
How about putting people on the luggage carousels instead.
October 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
How about putting people on the luggage carousels instead.
Waking up to Bluesky this morning:
October 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Waking up to Bluesky this morning:
Adverts should be representative of traditional British families
October 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Adverts should be representative of traditional British families
If it’s not as opulent as Halamshiral/The Winter Palace in Orlais, I’ll be disappointed.
October 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If it’s not as opulent as Halamshiral/The Winter Palace in Orlais, I’ll be disappointed.