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
E104- Breaking Through in Space
What efforts are underway to prove that we aren’t alone in the universe? How will the market evolve for commercial space stations in LEO, in-space manufacturing, space tourism, and a robust cislunar ecosystem?
E103- The State of the Global Satellite Industry
Once again the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) has released the annual State of the Satellite Industry Report 2022, produced by BryceTech. Today’s show fe...
E102- Injecting Space into Wargaming
What is the difference between an exercise and a wargame? How does space play into game design? What makes a wargame good versus poorly designed? In this episode, Aerospace’s Dr. Nick Martin talks to other experts in the field:
E101- Space Based Solar Power: Why Now?
There are many existing terrestrial sources for renewable energy including hydroelectric, geothermal, solar and wind. But Space Based Solar Power (SBSP) promises to harness unlimited sunlight from space. In this episode,
E100- Beyond the Basic: Commercial SSA
While the US military has traditionally managed the world’s space situational awareness (SSA) database of objects orbiting Earth, the bulk of this service is being transferred to the civilian US Office of Space Commerce (OSC). What is a “...
E99- Satellites at Sea: US Navy’s Maritime Domain Awareness
How do satellites help identify threats and track misbehavior at sea? What role do international and commercial space partnerships play in increasing our understanding of what is happening in the maritime domain? To learn more, join Kara Hernan...
E98- USSF Space Operations Command w/ LtGen Whiting
Space Operations Command (SpOC) was redesignated and transferred to the US Space Force less than two years ago. SpOC supports the operations readiness of USSF’s intelligence, cyber, space and combat forces. In this episode Leslie Blackham...
E97- Legality of Commercial-Military Integration
The integration of commercial space with national security space promises to save money and propel government innovation. However, in a conflict, such integration could blur the lines on what is a legitimate target. Is this integration a violat...
E96- Space Matters in the Arctic
As the Arctic region continues to warm, it is becoming more congested and contested. Space domain awareness and space-based communications networks are playing an increased role in regional cooperation. The US, Russia and other Arct...
E95- Wildfires from Space
Earth-observing satellites help us detect, monitor, and manage large forest fires. How does data from NASA space-based assets or the Canadian Space Agency’s WildFireSat program improve our capabilities to fight wildfires, and what else could be...
E94- Assessing Commercial for Government Space
Government agencies are increasingly looking to the commercial sector to meet their space mission needs. What are the drivers toward this hybrid architecture? How can government assess commercial readiness? Are there best p...
E93- Bringing More Stars to Space: DEI Across the Sector
“While humanity extends its reach further into space, our workforce must reflect all the people on Earth and the values to which we aspire.”* From industry and commercial to government and national laboratories, the space sector ...
E92- Space: Safe, Secure and Sustainable
What is our responsibility to keep the space environment sustainable for future generations? From space traffic management (STM) to banning debris-creating anti-satellite weapons tests (ASATs), space actors from all over the world are wor...
E91- GPS for Humanity- What's Next?
GPS has huge benefits to society – from everyday convenience to national defense to massive economic value. What did we get right? What are challenges to its future? What are the alternative Position, Navigation, Timing (PNT) satellite alternat...
E90- Curating Space Exploration at the Smithsonian
What can we learn from the history of planetary science? What are the important stories of space exploration as told through curated museum collections? How can these help us better understand the human condition? Join Dr. Margaret ...
E89- Space Diplomacy- UN COPUOS
How does space fit into the international diplomatic framework of the UN? How do countries try to reach agreements on some of the biggest legal and technical issues in space? What are some of the greatest obstacles facing space diplomacy today?...
E88- Monitoring Space Norms
Can an international space situational awareness (SSA) data sharing framework for assessing countries’ compliance with norms of behavior build enough support—from enough countries—to influence bad actors’ behavior in space? SSA helps to protect...
E87- Building an International Space Economy
What is an economy for space and what investments can we make now to build it? What are some key barriers and possible disrupters? Join Jamie Morin, Executive Director of The Ce...
E86- Educating the Space Forces at NSSI
Space is both part of, and separate from, other war domains – sea, air, and land. What’s needed to ready our forces across all the military services for successful space operations? How do we train and educate jointly, and with othe...
E85- Charting the Risks- NASA for the 21st Century
Is NASA at an inflection point in terms of how it does business, manages missions and ensures safety? How might national space policy impact the future of NASA’s charter? The NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) released it’s...
E84- Spectrum Wars with Author Jennifer Manner
Radiofrequency spectrum use is managed. How has this evolved with the explosion of new wireless technologies, 5G and space-based services? RF spectrum is finite. How can this essential, but limited, resource be more efficiently used? RF s...
E83- Making the Moon a Reality
What does the lunar and cislunar environment look like over the next 10 years? What scientific experiments are being planned? What new technologies will be tested? What will we learn on the Moon to prepare us for Mars? Where is competition grea...
E82- Bridging the Global Digital Divide- Doreen Bogdan-Martin
The International Telecommunication Union, a specialized UN agency, facilitates inter-connection of the world’s communications networks, including coordinating the precious spectrum and orbital resources that support satellites and other space ...
E81- International Partnerships in the Space Force
Why is international cooperation in space important? How does the US military pursue and sustain relationships with other space nations? What are the continuing challenges? Join Dr. Mick Gleason (Aerospace) as he explores this and more with Col...
E80- Fishing with Satellites- Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated
1 in 5 fish that land on a dinner plate in America is a result of illegal fishing.* How do satellites identify illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing around the globe? What remote sensing data can be combined to better understand th...
