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Commercial companies are outpacing DOD acquisition cycles for some space-based capabilities. How can commercial space services be incorporated into DOD space architectures?
Featured Papers
Lessons from the Cloud: Outsourcing and Integrating Commercial Space Services
Commercial companies are outpacing DOD acquisition cycles for some space-based capabilities. How can commercial space services be incorporated into DOD space architectures?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/lessons-cloud-outsourcing-and-integrating-commercial-space-services
Mine Games: Securing America’s Critical Mineral Supply
The United States is in a vulnerable position and risks losing access to dozens of minerals crucial for national security programs. What can be done to secure the mineral supply?
By Karen Jones
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/mine-games-securing-americas-critical-mineral-supply
(Space) Ships Passing in the Night: Translating Maritime Rules of the Road for the Space Domain
As space gets more crowded, the likelihood of collisions is increasing. Can “rules of the road” established for other domains be adapted for the space domain?
By Robin Dickey
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/space-ships-passing-night-translating-maritime-rules-road-space-domain
Latest Events & News
Europe Eyes Sustainable Space
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode136-europe-eyes-sustainable-space
Science and Cooperation Against Debris
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode135-science-and-cooperation-against-debris
Space and War in Ukraine: Beyond the Satellites
https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2024-04-03-space-and-war-ukraine-beyond-satellites
National Security
Lessons from the Cloud: Outsourcing and Integrating Commercial Space Services
Commercial companies are outpacing DOD acquisition cycles for some space-based capabilities. How can commercial space services be incorporated into DOD space architectures?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/lessons-cloud-outsourcing-and-integrating-commercial-space-services
Space Traffic Operations & Debris
Space Traffic Management Terminology
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
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/2021-12-02-competition-pacific
The Business of Space
Lessons from the Cloud: Outsourcing and Integrating Commercial Space Services
Commercial companies are outpacing DOD acquisition cycles for some space-based capabilities. How can commercial space services be incorporated into DOD space architectures?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/lessons-cloud-outsourcing-and-integrating-commercial-space-services
Science & Technology
How Stuff Works: Space Weather, Satellites & Human Safety
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
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