February 2020
‘Witches brew’ of a subordinate space corps
...only worse. It leaves the Air Force ‘in the cockpit’ to drive military space, which is the self-same position our nation has been in since..., it has not always been a “good steward of military space” during the 60-plus years since it was created. Those...
October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
... since 1947. US allies and partners also stood up new military space organisations, such as the French Space Command and United Kingdom Space Command. NATO preceded both by announcing in 2019 that space is an operational domain and stood up the NATO...
October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... other allied States. In the meantime, the intentional destruction of a State’s own satellite(s) in space has emerged as a means of showcasing military space power and capabilities. All of these trends jeopardise the long-term sustainability of outer...
09 April 2019
US space chiefs justify ambitious exploration plans
... leaders Tuesday offered justification for their ambitious plans to reorganise the nation’s civil and military space efforts and to accelerate exploration programmes, including the new goal announced in recent weeks to land American astronauts on ...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
... were to be restructured with a top administrator assigned the task of planetary defence against cosmic hazards, and if military space programmes were similarly restructured, then more rapid progress could be made in this crucial area. For instance...
June 2018
Space 2080 a future perspective
... emerged, such as relay nanosatellites capable of being orbited in their hundreds if necessary. The fusion of civil and military space programmes ultimately confirmed the protection of Earth’s orbit as a ‘common good’. About the author Didier Schmitt...
