Cislunar space has taken geopolitical center stage recently, with both Russian and Indian probes attempting to land near the lunar south pole.
" to"rapidly develop foundational technology concepts" essential for developing an integrated, common infrastructure on the moon that can serve civil, military, and commercial users. The study will also"seek to establish an analytical framework that defines new opportunities for rapid scientific and commercial activity on and around the Moon through collective infrastructure investments.
The results will undoubtedly go far in identifying how America and its allies can intelligently compete in the cislunar theater. But it will take the men and women of the USSF, working in tandem with NASA and America's commercial space industry, to develop and execute the strategy necessary to win that competition—and to keep America in its perch as the world's preeminent space power. Here, the moon is a very good place to start.
Brent D. Ziarnick is a senior fellow in defense studies at the American Foreign Policy Council and a visiting associate professor at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, teaching in the United States Space Force Professional Military Education program.
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