Experts
The Center draws upon the vast technical expertise of The Aerospace Corporation to provide timely, independent, well-informed insight and analysis to aid the formulation of effective space policy.

Our Team of Experts
Audrey Allison

Role
Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
Research Area
National Policies & International Relations
Featured Paper
Game Changer: The Great Convergence and the Future of Satellite-Enabled Direct-to-Device
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/game-changer-great-convergence-and-future-satellite-enabled-direct-device
Andrew Berglund

Role
Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
Research Area
National Security
National Policies & International Relations
Featured Paper
The Space Development Agency and the Future of Defense Space Acquisitions
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/space-development-agency-and-future-defense-space-acquisitions
Ronald Birk

Role
Principal Director, Civil Systems Group
Research Area
The Business of Space
Featured Paper
Charting a Course Through Cislunar Master Planning
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/charting-course-through-cislunar-master-planning
Barbara Manganis Braun

Role
Assistant General Manager, Agile Acquisitions Division
Research Area
Science & Technology
National Policies & International Relations
Featured Paper
Policy Compliance Roadmap for Small Satellites
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/policy-compliance-roadmap-small-satellites
Angie Bukley

Role
Technical Fellow, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
Research Area
Exploration, Society, & the Future
Science & Technology
Featured Paper
Leveraging Digital Engineering for Space Guardians and Space Explorers
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/leveraging-digital-engineering-space-guardians-and-space-explorers
Lina Cashin

Role
Senior Project Engineer, Defense Strategic Space
Research Area
National Security
Space Traffic Operations & Debris
Featured Paper
The Arctic: Space-based Solutions to Infrastructure and National Security Needs
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/arctic-space-based-solutions-infrastructure-and-national-security-needs
Kara Cunzeman

Role
Systems Director for Strategic Foresight, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
Research Area
Exploration, Society, & the Future
Featured Paper
Project North Star: Strategic Foresight for U.S. Grand Strategy
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/project-north-star-strategic-foresight-us-grand-strategy
Paul Frakes

Role
Project Lead for Strategic Foresight, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
Research Area
Exploration, Society, & the Future
Featured Paper
Strategic Foresight for the Space Enterprise
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/strategic-foresight-space-enterprise
Michael Gleason

Role
Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
Research Area
National Policies & International Relations
National Security
Featured Paper
No Haven for Misbehavin': A Framework for Verifying Space Norms
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/no-haven-misbehavin-framework-verifying-space-norms
Lori Gordon

Role
Systems Director, Space Enterprise Evolution Directorate
Research Area
National Policies & International Relations
National Security
Featured Paper
Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Organizational Maturity Model
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/supply-chain-risk-management-scrm-organizational-maturity-model
Karen Jones

Role
Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
Research Area
The Business of Space
Climate Change & the Environment
Featured Paper
The Green Circularity: Life Cycle Assessments for the Space Industry
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/green-circularity-life-cycle-assessments-space-industry
Katherine Melbourne

Role
Policy Analyst
Research Area
National Security
Featured Paper
Exotic Space Warfare: Military Importance of Sustained Maneuver
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/exotic-space-warfare-military-importance-sustained-maneuver
Jamie Morin

Role
Vice President, Defense Strategic Space
Research Area
National Security
National Policies & International Relations
Featured Paper
Leveraging Commercial Space For National Security
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/leveraging-commercial-space-national-security
Marlon Sorge

Role
Technical Fellow, Center for Space Policy & Strategy
Research Area
Space Traffic Operations & Debris
National Policies & International Relations
Featured Paper
Space Traffic Management: The Challenges of Large Constellations and Orbital Debris
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/space-traffic-management-challenges-large-constellations-and-orbital-debris
Colleen Stover

Role
Staff Member, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
Research Area
Exploration, Society, & the Future
The Business of Space
Featured Paper
Developing Future Space Workers: Leadership Needed Today
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/developing-future-space-workers-leadership-needed-today
Brian Weeden

Role
Systems Director, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
Research Area
National Policies & International Relations
The Business of Space
Featured Paper
Space Regulatory Reform Is a Wicked Problem Still Worth Tackling
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/space-regulatory-reform-wicked-problem-still-worth-tackling
Sam Wilson

Role
Systems Director, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
Research Area
National Security
National Policies & International Relations
Featured Paper
The Hypersonic Missile Debate
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/hypersonic-missile-debate