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Artificial Intelligence and the Space Enterprise: Taxonomy and Emerging Opportunities
By Paul Frakes & Katherine Melbourne
Although AI has long been used in space systems, its evolving integration across more mission phases and new applications raises the question of whether its growing influence will have the greatest impact on the space community and help maintain U.S. leadership in space.
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Artificial Intelligence and the Space Enterprise: Taxonomy and Emerging Opportunities
Although AI has long been used in space systems, its evolving integration across more mission phases and new applications raises the question of whether its growing influence will have the greatest impact on the space community and help maintain U.S. leadership in space.
By Paul Frakes & Katherine Melbourne
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/artificial-intelligence-and-space-enterprise-taxonomy-and-emerging-opportunities
How NEPA Applies to U.S. Space Activities
Although NEPA has rarely been applied directly to space activities, two recent executive orders have prompted U.S. federal agencies to review its application, leading to an examination of the NEPA process and its intersections with historical and current U.S. public and private space efforts.
By Lindsay DeMarchi
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/how-nepa-applies-us-space-activities
Taiwan: Regional Brief
As space operations become increasingly global, what kind of impact is Taiwan having on the global space industry, particularly in the most recent years of development in the island’s space program?
By Katherine Melbourne
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/taiwan-regional-brief
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Should the Wolf Amendment be Repealed
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National Security
FY 2026 Defense Space Budget: Emergence of Golden Dome
How does the new missile defense-focused Golden Dome project, arguably the most important development affecting the defense space budget since the inception of the Space Force, alter the level of resources allocated for defense space activities within the Fiscal Year 2026 budget?
By Sam Wilson
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https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/fy-2026-defense-space-budget-emergence-golden-dome
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
Should the Wolf Amendment be Repealed
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/2025-11-13-should-wolf-amendment-be-repealed
The Business of Space
Rapid Space Commerce
What is the role of government when it comes to enabling and protecting the business of space? How do regulations keep up (or not) with innovation? To what degree is Space Situational Awareness (SSA) inherently a government function like highway or maritime safety, and which agency should take responsibility?
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode160-rapid-space-commerce
Science & Technology
Artificial Intelligence and the Space Enterprise: Taxonomy and Emerging Opportunities
Although AI has long been used in space systems, its evolving integration across more mission phases and new applications raises the question of whether its growing influence will have the greatest impact on the space community and help maintain U.S. leadership in space.
By Paul Frakes & Katherine Melbourne
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/artificial-intelligence-and-space-enterprise-taxonomy-and-emerging-opportunities
Exploration, Society, & the Future
Artificial Intelligence and the Space Enterprise: Taxonomy and Emerging Opportunities
Although AI has long been used in space systems, its evolving integration across more mission phases and new applications raises the question of whether its growing influence will have the greatest impact on the space community and help maintain U.S. leadership in space.
By Paul Frakes & Katherine Melbourne
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/artificial-intelligence-and-space-enterprise-taxonomy-and-emerging-opportunities
Climate Change & the Environment
How NEPA Applies to U.S. Space Activities
Although NEPA has rarely been applied directly to space activities, two recent executive orders have prompted U.S. federal agencies to review its application, leading to an examination of the NEPA process and its intersections with historical and current U.S. public and private space efforts.
By Lindsay DeMarchi
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/how-nepa-applies-us-space-activities