Polaris
Stories from Payload’s weekly space policy newsletter, Polaris.
Solid US Space Mining Regs Could Attract Investors, VC Predicts
Mining in orbit is getting closer to becoming a reality and, with business prospects protected by policy—at least in the US—one investor is predicting the dollars will start rolling in.
DC Eyes Beijing’s Investments In Space
Lawmakers across Capitol Hill raised concerns last week that China is gaining on the US in orbit in both the civil and national security sectors.
SpaceWERX Shares Tools to Help Industry Reach Phase III
SpaceWERX is looking at how to get companies out of the so-called “valley of death” by launching new programs to help companies make the leap from innovative demo missions to big-dollar programs of record.
UN Space Chief Urged Japan to Share Debris Removal Expertise
The UN’s space chief has some advice for Japan: be bolder.
Jamming, Spoofing, and Spying, Oh My!
The Secure World Foundation released its annual update of global counterspace capabilities today, and we dug through it for some of the most significant updates from its 2023 version.
A National Security Space Acquisition Primer
The web of offices intended to bring innovative space tech into the national security sector just got a whole lot less confusing.
A Tale of Two Mission Authorization Plans
Senior officials from the administration and Capitol Hill defended dueling plans to regulate novel space activities at Payload’s Space Capitol III event on Monday night.
US, French Space Industry Meeting in DC This Week
The US is hosting the second US-France Comprehensive Space Dialogue this Wednesday, and most of the American space heavy hitters will be attending.
What’s Next For the FY25 Budget Proposal
The dust has settled from the Biden administration’s budget drop yesterday. Now what?
Lawmakers Revive Planetary Science Caucus
The Planetary Science Caucus is back from the dead, and the revival of the group couldn’t come at a more critical time for scientific pursuits in the cosmos that often find themselves in the budgetary crosshairs.
FAA Space Chief Talks Mission Authorization, Part 450, Starship
The clock is ticking to get a legislative fix for mission authorization approved, according to Kelvin Coleman, the FAA’s associate administrator for commercial space transportation.
Russia Pursues New ASAT Capability Amid Declining Space Program
The news of Russia pursuing a new ASAT capability comes nearly two years after its invasion of Ukraine, which sparked international sanctions that harmed the nation’s economy and placed a strain on its once-great space program.
The State of National Security Space Policy 2024
It’s time for the four-year-old Space Force to move out of the establishment phase and work through what it really means to conduct military operations in orbit, including translating 30,000-foot doctrine to the tactical level, according to two former defense officials.
