The politics, policy, and history behind space exploration.
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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
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Ep. 136: Europe Eyes Sustainable Space
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Space debris is a growing problem, so what are space actors doing about it? Active Debris Removal is a technology currently being demonstrated and strengthened. The Zero Debris Charter from the European Space Agency is a voluntary, community-led initiative that aims to reduce the conditions that lead to more debris. In this episode, space debris ex…
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Real and Acceptable Reasons for Space Exploration
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Former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin discusses his claim that there is a tension between the so-called Real reasons that motivate spaceflight and the prosaic, Acceptable reasons used to justify space exploration within the public sphere.
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Ep. 135: Science and Cooperation Against Debris
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Safety and sustainability go hand in hand when it comes to protecting the orbital environment for continued use. The Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) has been informing policymakers and regulators, and performing technical research in this area for the past three decades. In this episode Colleen Stover (Aerospace) talks to An…
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Space safety might start and finish with human safety, but how does safety run across the entire value chain – from launch to operations to reentry? How do norms of behavior, or technology advancements and economic prosperity play into maintaining the orbital environment? How is The Aerospace Corporation’s Space Safety Institute responding to these…
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Ep. 133: How Stuff Works: Space Weather, Satellites & Humans
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What’s the science behind how space weather affects our satellites and the services they provide? What design and operations options protect satellites and humans in space? Can we really predict space weather and the next “solar maximum”? To find answers to these questions and more, Aerospace's Colleen Stover chats with space weather experts Juha-P…
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The ahistorical era of commercial lunar exploration
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Science historian Dr. Matt Shindell joins the show to discuss the unique era of commercial lunar exploration, and how planetary exploration has evolved and can continue to evolve on and around the Moon.
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Space policy expert Laura Delgado López joins the show to break down the new paper, “Clearing the Fog: The Grey Zones of Space Governance” by Jessica West and Jordan Miller.
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Ep. 132: Sustained Maneuver for Defending in Space
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What does the concept of dynamic space operations (DSO) mean and how might it impact the future of space operations and the way wars are fought? What are the mutual benefits of this type of sustained maneuver for other domains and for other sectors? What needs to be done to make DSO a reality technologically, politically, and operationally? In this…
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India’s growing space ambitions
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UK-based space writer Gurbir Singh, author of the book The Indian Space Programme: India’s Incredible Journey from the Third World towards the First, joins the show to help us understand India’s growing ambitions and capabilities in space.
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Which commercial ISAM technologies offer military utility? How do these change the arena of contested space and deterrence? How will the future of Space Access, Mobility & Logistics (SAML) for national defense play into USSF’s competitive endurance framework? Learn more in this episode with Aerospace Corporation's Margaux Hoar as she talks to Colon…
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Was the Space Shuttle a policy failure?
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Though the Space Shuttle program lasted 30 years and built the ISS, it fell short of NASA's goals for cost, reusability, and reliability. Can a program be both a worldly success and a policy failure? In this Space Policy Edition, we dissect a classic space policy paper and debate its relevance today.…
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According to the Outer Space Treaty, authorization or certification for launch is the responsibility of each launching nation, as well as continuing supervision in space. What are the competing national and international frameworks for this? How do standards and interoperability play into these policies specifically for in-space servicing, assembly…
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Ep.129: US National Strategies for ISAM
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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 defense space sectors to develop – and test – technology? What are the commonalities between it all and how is r…
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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? Do we always need humans-in-the-loop? In this episode experts Martha Hess and Jerry Miller from the Aerospace …
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What went wrong with Mars Sample Return
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NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is both a top priority and seriously troubled. Independent review board chair Orlando Figueroa joins us to talk about the challenges and what must be done.
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Ep. 127: How Stuff Works: Servicing & Assembling in Space
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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 manufacturing (ISAM) economy? In this episode Colleen Stover hosts Aerospace experts Dr. Shannon Zirbel (Vehicle E…
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Ep. 126: Standards & Services in Space
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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 and repair and how that could lead to life extension and less debris. Think manufacturing and assembly in space…
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The National Cislunar Science & Technology Strategy was released by the White House in November 2022. What progress has been made? How does this visionary strategy lean into the interests of the US, our international partners, and industry? In creating the strategy, what were historical precedents and what is the role of government in the cislunar …
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Ep. 124: 21st Century Space Policies – Protect, Promote & Partner
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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 protect the environment for all users, including our international partners. This episode features Dr Ezi…
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Ep. 123: Workforce, Workforce, Workforce
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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 Colleen Stover (Center for Space Policy & Strategy) and Lina Cashin (National Security Space Programs Policy & Oversight) speak to Col Stuart P…
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Ep. 122: How Stuff Works: Defending in Space
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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 Battle Management) and Britany Washburn (Mission Analysis & Operations) as they break down some of the basic questi…
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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 cyber domain? This episode highlights this and more with Aerospace experts Samuel Visner (Aerospace Techn…
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Why lunar exploration must be of enduring national interest
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Scott Pace, the prior executive secretary of the National Space Council, discusses why Artemis is of strategic value to U.S. national interests — and why the Moon is unique as a destination to drive global space exploration.
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Ep. 120: Contested Space Strategy – Continuity & Change
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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 has the warfighter been integrated into that evolution? Join Dr Mick Gleason and Robin Dickey from Aerospace’s Cen…
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Ep. 119: Operating as a Team with Lt. Gen. Burt
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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 Control (C2) take on different meaning? Join Aerospace Corporation’s Jean Michael (General Manager, Space S…
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What’s Going on with: Congress, MSR, and FAA Reauthorization?
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We check in on the congressional budget process for NASA, Mars Sample Return’s spiraling cost growth, and the impending end of the regulatory holiday for human commercial space launch companies.
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Ep. 118: The Season of Space Sustainability
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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 looked at the environment as crowded, with great attention given to space traffic coordination, debris mitigati…
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The policy implications of active SETI
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Would meeting an extraterrestrial civilization be good or bad for humanity? Astronomer Dr. Jacob Haqq Misra argues that knowing the outcome in advance is fundamentally impossible.
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Ep. 117: Competing Globally: Technology Promotion & Export Control
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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 Jamie Morin, Executive Director CSPS and Alan Estevez, Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security as they break down the com…
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SpaceX's Starship vs. the environment, with Eric Roesch
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Eric Roesch, an environmental policy expert, joins Planetary Radio to discuss SpaceX's Starship, environmental regulations' role in commercial space travel, and responsible space exploration.
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The motives behind NASA's billions — Jean Toal Eisen on how Congress funds the final frontier
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Jean Toal Eisen, former senior staff on the Senate Appropriations Committee, joins the show to reveal the decision-making process, priorities, and motivations of those who control the U.S. space program's funding.
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Ep. 116: ASATs, Diplomats, and More Than That
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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 norms of responsible behavior for space matter if Russia and China can ignore them? How do developments in commercia…
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Ep. 115: Reinventing the Western Range
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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, infrastructure, stewardship, customer-base, and the search for talent play into it? Will the Western Range one …
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The Tricky Ethics of Space Settlement
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Dr. Erika Nesvold, astrophysicist and author of the new book Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space explores the ethical challenges facing our species as it dips its toe into living beyond our home planet.
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Ep. 114: Mapping Our Way to Sustainable Cislunar
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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 Aerospace Corporation’s Ron Birk (also President, American Astronautical Society) as he talks to Dr. Kathlee…
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Ep. 113: Reinventing Assured Access to Space
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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; how can policy better support? From automation enabled by robotics and AI, to the rising importance of space mobi…
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The White House's Matt Daniels on the U.S.'s New Cislunar Strategy
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Dr. Matt Daniels of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy joins the show to discuss the White House’s new cislunar space strategy, its ambitions, and implications for the future of lunar exploration and development.
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E112- Fact or (Science) Fiction of Space Diplomacy
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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 credibility in some of your favorite science fiction shows. Join Robin Dickey (Center for Space Policy & Strat…
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JPL Director wants "every brain" to have the chance to work in space exploration
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Laurie Leshin wants to give every brain in the country the opportunity to work in space exploration.
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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 deep space exploration important to humanity, if at all? In today’s episode, we discuss this and more with Aerosp…
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NASA's Economic Impact with Alex MacDonald and Joshua Drucker
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What is NASA’s return on investment? NASA chief economist Alex MacDonald and University of Illinois Chicago professor Joshua Drucker provide revealing answers from a new economic impact report.
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E110- Buy What We Can – Build What We Must
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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 ever more dynamic. The trick is getting it right. Join Colleen Stover (Center for Space Policy & Strategy) as she …
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E109- What's It Like Working on Mars?
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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 the future of human space exploration? What do they expect to learn about how the future of off planet living will be and how can space policy today support the …
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What the Congressional Midterms Mean for Space Science
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Bethany Johns of the American Astronomical Society talks with Planetary Society Chief Advocate Casey Dreier about how changes in Washington after the midterm elections may affect support for science.
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Space Policy Edition Bonus: Q&A with Casey Dreier and Bill Nye
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A special Space Policy Edition featuring a recent policy and advocacy webcast that gave Planetary Society members the opportunity to query Chief Advocate Casey Dreier and Society CEO Bill Nye.
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E108- European Space Policy Perspectives
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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? Join Dr Mick Gleason from The Center for Space Policy & Strategy as he hosts Dr Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Special …
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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 offers? The Aerospace Corporation and Space ISAC (Information Sharing and Analysis Center) have teamed up for the 3rd…
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E106- Guiding the Future of Spaceflight Safety
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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 are to continue reaping benefits from space. The Aerospace Corporation’s Space Safety Institute has issued a co…
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E105- What's New, What's Next: Norms in Space
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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-satellite (ASAT) missile testing mean? In this episode Robin Dickey (Center for Space Policy & Strategy) talks to Rick…
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The Geopolitics of a Successful SETI Detection
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How will nations react if (when?) humanity detects the presence of an alien intelligence or civilization? That’s the topic Planetary Society Chief Advocate Casey Dreier takes up with his guest, astrophysicist Jason Wright.
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