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August 25th, 2022
A “State of the Space Industrial Base” report flags a number of concerns, particularly that strategic competition in space remains a paramount worry.
“China continues to compete toward a strategic goal of displacing the U.S. as the dominant global space power economically, diplomatically and militarily by 2045, if not earlier,” the report stresses.
The summary report is based on workshop meetings and has been written by officials of the United States Space Force, the Defense Innovation Unit, the Department of the Air Force and Air Force Research Laboratory.
North Star vision
The report represents the collective voice of approximately 350 industry experts who gathered between May 25 and June 3, 2022 to provide inputs and recommendations on how best to nurture and grow a healthy space industrial base and national security innovation base.
The report calls for proactive measures, such as:
An enduring North Star vision for America in space is an essential guidepost to remain competitive with a rapidly advancing China. Workshop participants recommend “Economic Development and Human Settlement” is a vision to retain U.S. economic leadership, a way to motivate the American people, and protect U.S. national interests.
Credit: NASA
Space ecosystem: at risk
In other findings, the report stresses that the space ecosystem is at risk.
The agile engineering ecosystem that has become the hallmark of the modern space era, the report notes, is at risk due to some U.S. policy and procurement practices within the bureaucracy that are not aligned with, or work counter to, national space strategy.
“The national enterprise must adopt and further implement the U.S. National Space Strategy and modify practices to ensure U.S. competitiveness.
In order to protect the planet, we must get off-planet, the report explains.
“Advancements in off-world power production, manufacturing and lunar resource extraction will be foundational to the trillion-dollar space economy.”
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