Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Earth’s Moon and cis-lunar space are new destinations for numbers of nations. To what extent is that presence demand or promote a military presence?
Credit: Inside Outer Space

U.S. military space policy officials have increasingly flagged a new role in guarding American assets and interests in cis-lunar space. This evolving doctrine extends to the Moon’s surface too, given NASA’s Artemis and private operator projects to set up mining activities.

What do space experts say about extending military tactics to a new “high ground” domain off Earth?

Framework for In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) of lunar water and asteroids.
Credit: Aiden O’Leary/Jason Aspiotis/Booz Allen Hamilton

Authorities offer their opinion vis-à-vis an evolving military doctrine that builds on air, land, and sea warfare strategies – and now headed for the ocean of deep space.

Here’s my new Space.com story:

Is Earth-moon space the US military’s new high ground? The competition arena now extends beyond Earth orbit.

Go to:

https://www.space.com/earth-moon-space-us-military-high-ground.html