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FY 2025 Defense Space Budget: Continued Emphasis on Proliferation Under a More Constrained Top-Line
By Sam Wilson
Despite the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Space Force budget request being less than it was for the previous year, does the budget submission reflect DOD’s continued emphasis on transition to a new model for defense space operations?
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FY 2025 Defense Space Budget: Continued Emphasis on Proliferation Under a More Constrained Top-Line
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Despite the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Space Force budget request being less than it was for the previous year, does the budget submission reflect DOD’s continued emphasis on transition to a new model for defense space operations?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/fy-2025-defense-space-budget-continued-emphasis-proliferation-under-more-constrained-top
Should the Space Force Have a Warfighting-Centric Culture?
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The Space Force plays a significant and unique role in securing U.S. national interests. How should warfighting fit into the Space Force culture?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/should-space-force-have-warfighting-centric-culture
High Ground or High Fantasy: Defense Utility of Cislunar Space
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With the Moon’s reemergence as a central topic in U.S. space policy, how will a debate on the importance of cislunar space help policymakers and non-specialists understand the potential military dimensions of the issue?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/high-ground-or-high-fantasy-defense-utility-cislunar-space
Latest Events & News
Report: Space Force transitioning to new model for the defense of space
![national security in space](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2021-08/AdobeStock_356130783.jpeg?h=808fe1bc&itok=nhfvIrTA)
https://live-csps-portal-drupal.pantheonsite.io/news/2024-06-06-report-space-force-transitioning-new-model-defense-space
3-2-1 Launch to Safety
![SPS 138 Thumbnail](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-05/Episode%20138%20-%20Thumbnail.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=YNsQilxq)
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode138-3-2-1-launch-safety
The In-Space Rescue Gap
![SPS 137 Thumbnail](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-04/Episode%20137.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=CuKDaG8a)
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode137-space-rescue-gap
National Security
Report: Space Force transitioning to new model for the defense of space
![national security in space](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2021-08/AdobeStock_356130783.jpeg?h=808fe1bc&itok=nhfvIrTA)
‘In the coming years, the Space Force will likely take additional steps toward a more distributed and proliferated approach for defense space capabilities’
https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2024-06-06-report-space-force-transitioning-new-model-defense-space
Space Traffic Operations & Debris
Space Traffic Management Terminology
![Space traffic management (STM) is a topic of much international discussion in the aerospace community.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/FY22_11258_CSPS_SpaceTrafficMangeTerm_paper-cover_Thumbnail.jpg?h=b9fd117d&itok=hdXp0Zar)
Space traffic management (STM) is a topic of much international discussion in the aerospace community. But what is STM?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/space-traffic-management-terminology
National Policies & International Relations
Competition In The Pacific
![Competition in the Pacific panel discussion](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-03/Fullpanel1.png?h=9b143ab1&itok=wWN55bx2)
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/2021-12-02-competition-pacific
The Business of Space
3-2-1 Launch to Safety
![SPS 138 Thumbnail](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-05/Episode%20138%20-%20Thumbnail.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=YNsQilxq)
As launches to space become more frequent and private spaceports are planned across the globe, how do launchers and regulators work to ensure both range safety and public safety?
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode138-3-2-1-launch-safety
Science & Technology
How Stuff Works: Space Weather, Satellites & Human Safety
![Space Policy Show Ep133 Thumbnail](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2024-03/E133%20Thumbnail.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=iNOXj_jw)
What’s the science behind how space weather affects our satellites and the services they provide?
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode133-how-stuff-works-space-weather-satellites-human-safety
Exploration, Society, & the Future
Forging Ahead in Cislunar
![Thumbnail for Space Policy Show Episode 125](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-09/Revised%20OSTP%20Thumbnail%20%281%29.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=RBZb_jFg)
The National Cislunar Science & Technology Strategy was released by the White House in November 2022. How does this visionary strategy lean into the interests of the US, our international partners, and industry?
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode125-forging-ahead-cislunar