Opinion
July 23, 2024
In August, 2022, less than six months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Atlantic Council’s David T. Burbach proposed that the conflict was the first ‘two-sided space war.' He described how Ukraine, having no indigenous space capacity, had made effective use of space-based communications, surveillance and reconnaissance from providers based in the United States and…
July 16, 2024
We are entering an industrial era in which space is becoming an important driver of technological advancement, global sustainability and geopolitical competition; one in which investing in interoperability is more critical than ever. Prioritizing interoperability and decentralization is now required to ensure that space exploration brings more benefit than harm to humanity. Throughout history, the…
July 2, 2024
For at least two decades, there has been rising recognition and concern about a problem for our industry. Not a little problem. A big, hairy bodacious problem that could put our entire business out of business. It’s the problem of keeping things in Earth orbit from smashing into other things. Space, with the support of…
June 25, 2024
Recently at Cal Poly, we released a 95-page report on outer space cyberattacks, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. As the first of its kind, it explains not only what is driving this growing problem, but also how to anticipate novel scenarios to avoid being taken by surprise. Here are the 10 top findings from…