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The Pitfalls of Labeling Whole Space Missions as Inherently Governmental

By Clayton Swope

PublishedMarch 12, 2024

The Department of Defense (DOD) will soon release two strategies aimed at harnessing commercial space capabilities for national security needs. Defense officials have said that the strategy to be released by the U.S. Space Force will categorize certain space missions as “inherently governmental,” with mission criticality influencing which missions fall into this group. While well meaning, this approach does…