View Spaceports of the World By Thomas G. Roberts PublishedMarch 13, 2019 With the rate of space launches projected to grow exponentially in the coming years, spaceports will become an increasingly important to the global space industry. Which countries and private companies operate the world’s most active spaceports?
View How Does Space Policy Directive-4 Reorganize U.S. Military Space Operations? By Kaitlyn Johnson PublishedFebruary 20, 2019 CSIS defense expert Kaitlyn Johnson breaks down the long-anticipated Space Policy Directive-4, which announced the formal creation of the U.S. Space Force on February 19, 2019.
View Bad Idea: Conflating the Space Force with NASA By Kaitlyn Johnson PublishedDecember 21, 2018 As the administration moves forward with establishing a new military service focused on space, leaders should keep their language clear and use this opportunity to educate the public about both civil and national security space.
View A Space Force is Worth the Price By Todd Harrison PublishedNovember 27, 2018 We should not wait for a Pearl Harbor in space to realize we need to reorganize and elevate space as a co-equal branch of the military. Just as the Air Force was worth the disruption and additional costs more than 70 years ago, a Space Force is worth the price today.
View How Much Will the Space Force Cost? By Todd Harrison PublishedNovember 19, 2018 This report provides rough estimates for the number of personnel, annual budget, and additional funding that would be needed for a U.S. Space Force.
View What Can 24 Satellites Do for U.S. Missile Defense? By Thomas G. Roberts PublishedOctober 18, 2018 Despite some missile defense advocates’ claims that 24 satellites could form the basis of a boost-phase space-based missile interceptor (SBI) system, many physicists do not agree. A better question is how could a satellite constellation of this size best contribute to U.S. missile defense?
View Why a Space Force Can Wait By Kaitlyn Johnson PublishedOctober 3, 2018 Establishing a Department of the Space Force by 2020 is rushing into an end solution without proper consideration. Although there have been several space reorganization studies in the past two decades, a comprehensive public debate of our current space capabilities and their organization is just beginning.
View Why We Need a Space Force By Todd Harrison PublishedOctober 3, 2018 Space capabilities are already an indispensable component of U.S. military power. A Space Force is needed to consolidate authority and responsibility for national security space; to build a robust cadre of space professionals; and to avoid the conflicts of interest inherent in the other Services that have short-changed space programs for decades.
View Professional Development Course: Understanding National Security Space PublishedSeptember 25, 2018 Understanding National Security Space is a professional development program designed to explore the technical, budgetary, and policy issues in the U.S. national security space enterprise. Applicants should have a demonstrated interest in international security, space policy, missile defense, or other related areas.
View The Sixth Service: What the Reorganization of Special Operations Forces Can Teach Us About Space Force By Alice Hunt Friend, Kaitlyn Johnson PublishedSeptember 17, 2018 Whether or not Special Operations Forces (SOF) should be its own military service has been debated for decades. How can this debate inform the Trump Administration’s efforts to establish the Space Force?
