Space superiority is the unstoppable momentum that propels the United States into space faster and farther, to boldly go beyond the reach of competition from other nations.
It requires a whole-of-nation effort that includes the talent pipeline, academic research, a vibrant industrial base, and well-resourced commercial, civil, military, and national security space sectors. It also demands a generation of children who aspire to work in and for the space domain, at the frontier of human existence, to build the infrastructure and explore the resources of the future.
Space superiority is built upon strong commercial leadership in space, along with sufficient market depth to stay far above international competitors while earning the long-tail economic benefits of a growing global demand for services such as:
– Reusable Launch Capacity: Offering low-cost and reliable transportation to and from the space domain monetizes a bottleneck for new infrastructure services.
– Global Communications Bandwidth: Providing broadband to rural and developing areas of the globe enables massive market penetration and financial advantages.
– Sustainable Remote Sensing Access: Public access to information about the physical world—real, reliable data, as opposed to information found on social media—that enables free and open societies to thrive.
by David Gauthier/CSIS – How Commercial Industry Can Form the Bedrock of Space Superiority
