The Space Policy Show
The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy hosts this series to bring our policy experts together with thought leaders, government, academia and professionals from throughout the space community to discuss current trends and views. Go to https://csps.aerospace.org/events to subscribe for webcast reminders or find us on YouTube. #TheSpacePolicyShow
Episodes
142 episodes
Ep. 142: The Resilience Dilemma
The weaponization of space can be worrisome. What is a space weapon and how could the “security dilemma” lead to an arms race in space? For the space environment to be resilient it must be protected, what are the alternatives to weaponiza...
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Episode 142
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Ep. 141: Regional Resilience – Japan’s Space Security
Japan is situated in the Asia Pacific Region (APAC), considered “a rough neighborhood” when it comes to national defense and security. Recent developments have meant Japan is moving from a strategic posture to a more operational one, and the pa...
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Episode 141
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Ep. 140: Resilient Alliances - Space Partner Down Under
How can Australian space efforts integrate and compliment US efforts in both the defense and commercial sectors? What makes the geographic perspective from Australia unique when it comes to deterrence and China? What are some barriers to ...
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Episode 140
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Ep. 139: Resilient Rocketry w/ Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance
How can developments in rocket capabilities and in the way we launch reinforce resiliency and national security? For a future cislunar economy what will be the key drivers from a business standpoint? If we can maneuver space assets more respons...
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Episode 139
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35:42
Ep.138: 3-2-1 Launch to Safety
As launches to space become more frequent and private spaceports are planned across the globe, how do launchers and regulators work to ensure both range safety and public safety? What are competing authorizing bodies in vastly different environ...
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Episode 138
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Ep.137: The In-Space Rescue Gap
The need for in-space rescue of astronauts and other space participants may not be far off. What do current space laws say, and not say, about space rescue? What are analogies in other domains? What technological challenges exist, and wha...
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Episode 137
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Ep. 136: Europe Eyes Sustainable Space
Space debris is a growing problem, so what are space actors doing about it? Active Debris Removal is a technology currently being demonstrated and strengthened. The Zero Debris Charter from the European Space Agency is a voluntary, ...
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Episode 136
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Ep. 135: Science and Cooperation Against Debris
Safety and sustainability go hand in hand when it comes to protecting the orbital environment for continued use. The Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) has been informing policymakers and regulators, and performing te...
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Episode 135
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33:46
Ep. 134: What Is Space Safety?
Space safety might start and finish with human safety, but how does safety run across the entire value chain – from launch to operations to reentry? How do norms of behavior, or technology advancements and economic prosperity play into maintain...
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Episode 134
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Ep. 133: How Stuff Works: Space Weather, Satellites & Humans
What’s the science behind how space weather affects our satellites and the services they provide? What design and operations options protect satellites and humans in space? Can we really predict space weather and the next “solar maximum”?...
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Episode 133
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Ep. 132: Sustained Maneuver for Defending in Space
What does the concept of dynamic space operations (DSO) mean and how might it impact the future of space operations and the way wars are fought? What are the mutual benefits of this type of sustained maneuver for other domains and for ...
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Episode 132
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Ep. 131: Servicing for Endurance
Which commercial ISAM technologies offer military utility? How do these change the arena of contested space and deterrence? How will the future of Space Access, Mobility & Logistics (SAML) for national defense play into USSF’s competiti...
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Episode 131
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Ep. 130: The Geo-economics of ISAM
According to the Outer Space Treaty, authorization or certification for launch is the responsibility of each launching nation, as well as continuing supervision in space. What are the competing national and international frameworks for...
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Episode 130
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Ep.129: US National Strategies for ISAM
US leadership off-world is not guaranteed. What strategies are being employed at the national level to support in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) industry and technology? How is civil space working with commercial and ...
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Episode 129
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Ep. 128: Humans vs. Robots for ISAM
In the world of ISAM (in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing) what should we use humans for and what should we use robotics for? What have we learned from decades of their partnership and what can we bring forward into the future...
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Episode 128
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Ep. 127: How Stuff Works: Servicing & Assembling in Space
Why do we want to service satellites rather than deorbit them? What do we and could we assemble and manufacture in space? What technologies exist and what are the biggest challenges to expanding a viable in-space servicing assembly and manufact...
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Episode 127
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32:22
Ep. 126: Standards & Services in Space
CONFERS is an international consortium of industry and government stakeholders in the global satellite servicing sector aiming to set standards and best practices to grow the commercial space sector. Think satellite maintenance, refueling...
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Episode 126
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Ep. 125: Forging Ahead in Cislunar
The National Cislunar Science & Technology Strategy was released by the White House in November 2022. ...
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Episode 125
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Ep. 124: 21st Century Space Policies – Protect, Promote & Partner
The expansion of space activities to new space actors in LEO and into the cislunar regime, has challenged policymakers to ask the right questions to continue bringing benefits to life on Earth, support commercial innovation and investments, and...
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Episode 124
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Ep. 123: Workforce, Workforce, Workforce
How does the US Space Force attract the right talent? In addition to STEM, what other skills are needed in our Guardians? What’s unique about the defense space workforce and how does it compete? Aerospace’s
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Episode 123
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31:24
Ep. 122: How Stuff Works: Defending in Space
How can satellites be attacked? How and why do we place satellites in certain places? What does that have to do with defending them? What can satellites actually do… and not do? Join Aerospace experts Kristen Kolarik (Combat Power and Bat...
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Episode 122
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37:52
Ep. 121: Cyber Defense for Space
Is cybersecurity the Achilles heel of all our space services? What are national and international strategic approaches that could be taken? Is there room for a “good enough for now” minimum standard, or a government agency to manage risk in the...
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Episode 121
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34:41
Ep. 120: Contested Space Strategy – Continuity & Change
From the Eisenhower administration, through the Cold War, and into the modern era space has been a domain of competition and cooperation. How have strategies employed by the US changed and stayed the same over the decades? In what ways ha...
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Episode 120
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Ep. 119: Operating as a Team with Lt. Gen. Burt
How does the US Space Force face the reality of space as a warfighting domain versus space as a key enabler? What is the role of service-level joint forces, our collective of international allies, and commercial space actors? Does Command and C...
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Episode 119
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Ep. 118: The Season of Space Sustainability
There is little argument as to the importance of keeping space usable – both government and industry leaders continue to weigh in at the 5th annual Summit for Space Sustainability. Proponents of sustainability for space have traditionally...
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Episode 118
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