
The Imperative for United States Engagement in a Global Space Debris Cleanup Program
The United States should proactively engage with other nations and initiate a comprehensive program to clean up the space debris problem.
The United States should proactively engage with other nations and initiate a comprehensive program to clean up the space debris problem.
Assessing China’s space program is vital to understanding how investments in space add to a country’s comprehensive national power.
Starship, due to its reusability, size, and power, will dramatically improve access to low Earth orbit that will greatly support the expansion of public-and private-sector activity in space.
Commercial-level Space-based solar power (SSP) satellites will reduce dependence on fossil fuels, dramatically shift global energy markets, build economic and geopolitical influence, and accelerate military and space power projection.
Renewed alignment between America and South Korea is opening new possibilities to elevate the U.S.-ROK alliance from a regional partnership to a global project. However, the China policies of Washington and Seoul are complicating these possibilities.