The Space Policy Show

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 mar…

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 …

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 le…

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 cooperat…

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 capabiliti…

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 re…

“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 …

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), spac…

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…

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 h…

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 gre…

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 ac…

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 Center for Space Policy…

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…

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 …

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,…

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 p…

The International Telecommunication Union, a specialized UN agency, facilitates inter-connection of the world’s communications networks, including coordinating the precious spectrum and orbital resou…

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 (Aer…

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…