Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Robert Lightfoot, President, Lockheed Martin Space. Image credit: Aspen Institute/Inside Outer Space screengrab

The Aspen Institute hosted a July 16 panel of top-notch space security thinkers:

Jane Harman, Chair, Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on U.S. Space Policy; Former Congresswoman; Chair, Commission on the National Defense Strategy; Aspen Institute Trustee

Nina Armagno, Chair, Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on U.S. Space Policy; Former Lieutenant General, U.S. Space Force

General Tim Ray, President and Chief Executive Officer, Business Executives for National Security; Former Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command

Robert Lightfoot, President, Lockheed Martin Space

The panel was moderated by Gordon Lubold of NBC News.

Warfighting domain

“When you think about what we began to use space for decades ago, it was to allow terrestrial operations, operations on Earth…I think the fundamental shift was in 2015 when China decided that they could declare space a warfighting domain. When they did that, they actually changed the narrative.” – Robert Lightfoot

This panel focused on the intersection of space and national security, including the need to counter Russian and Chinese capabilities, threats to both commercial and military assets in space, and how to maintain our competitive edge.

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