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
179 episodes
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Ep. 125: Forging Ahead in Cislunar
The National Cislunar Science & Technology Strategy was released by the White House in November 2022. ...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ep. 117: Competing Globally: Technology Promotion & Export Control
How does the Department of Commerce help US leadership in the space sector? What does government do to leverage commercial R&D and capabilities? How do protective measures against China not impede US industry? Join
Ep. 116: ASATs, Diplomats, and More Than That
How does the US Department of State shape national security space through diplomacy? Why did the U.S. make a commitment to not conduct destructive, direct-ascent missile tests and how is that commitment in U.S. national interests? Do norm...
Ep. 115: Reinventing the Western Range
What’s the difference between California’s Western Range in Santa Barbara County and Florida’s Eastern Range at Canaveral? The number of launches and interest in “space mobility” is growing, commercial companies are keen – how do terrain, infra...
Ep. 114: Mapping Our Way to Sustainable Cislunar
How is commercial space contributing to development of a cislunar ecosystem? What infrastructure is needed to make cislunar sustainable? What is the workforce needed? After capabilities are developed and deployed, how will we implement? Join Ae...
Ep. 113: Reinventing Assured Access to Space
The pace of launch is accelerating, and at Florida’s Eastern Range 80-90% of launches are commercial. How does the US Space Force move from a “Range of the Future” model to a “Spaceport of the Future” model? What architecture is needed; h...
E112- Fact or (Science) Fiction of Space Diplomacy
How do science fiction shows compare to real life diplomacy and politics? Join two serious space policy experts as they dive into the military-civil balance, the role of non-state actors, the use of off-the-record negotiations and personal cred...
E111- Exploration Beyond JWST
As humans probe ever deeper into space, there is potential to discover where we came from, what we are made of, and how to effect change right back here on Earth. What technological advances are being made in deep space programs? Why is d...
E110- Buy What We Can – Build What We Must
The integration of commercial space activities into government systems is not new, but its growing. From civil to defense to the intelligence community – the services and innovation that commercial space start-ups can offer is becoming ev...
E109- What's It Like Working on Mars?
The Aerospace Corporation analog mission crew will be entering the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah to simulate living and working on Mars. What experiments will help understand ...
E108- European Space Policy Perspectives
What’s the difference between the EU, ESA, and the individual countries in Europe when it comes to space? How do shifting geo-politics shape the continent’s relationship to space? What’s the role of space power and the private sector in Europe?...
E107- Preserving the Value of Space
The value of space goes beyond your GPS. From timestamped banking to precision farming, and from disaster recovery to wildfire mitigation – the value of space reaches beyond what you might think. How do we sustain the benefits space...
E106- Guiding the Future of Spaceflight Safety
More traffic on the road means more rules to protect drivers – the same is true for the space domain. With more actors, larger constellations, and expanding human space flight – there needs to be greater attention to safety in space if we...
E105- What's New, What's Next: Norms in Space
What are key past, present, and future efforts by the U.S. government to help shape norms of behavior for making space safe, secure, and sustainable? What does the recent US commitment not to conduct destructive, direct-ascent anti-satell...