'Spacepower, the ability in peace, crisis and war to exert influence in, to and from space, rests on the knowledge, talent and intellectual frameworks that universities cultivate.'
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Universities are the intellectual engines of spacepower
Spacepower – the ability to exert influence in, to and from space – is emerging as a defining force in global politics. The countries that will th...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
'Spacepower, the ability in peace, crisis and war to exert influence in, to and from space, rests on the knowledge, talent and intellectual frameworks that universities cultivate.'
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I just read the sentence "spacepower is the ultimate team sport" and am going to have a stroke
July 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I just read the sentence "spacepower is the ultimate team sport" and am going to have a stroke
🚨🚨Another horrible set of news for #ukraine: US aerospace company Maxar Technologies has restricted Ukraine's access to its satellite imagery- assumedly due to illegitimate pressure by evil and nasty Trump administration. 🧵
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Maxar Technologies reportedly restricts Ukraine's access to satellite imagery
Kyiv has relied on high-resolution satellite images for defense and strategic planning, tracking Russian troop movements, assessing battlefield conditions, and monitoring Russian infrastructure damage...
kyivindependent.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
He's trying to convince Trump to burn down everything else NASA is doing -- ISS, Moon, science missions -- to get taxpayers behind his Mars dream.
Hard to see betting it all on Mars this fits with goals of the "cis-lunar spacepower" advocates and competing in the neighborhood with China
Hard to see betting it all on Mars this fits with goals of the "cis-lunar spacepower" advocates and competing in the neighborhood with China
Elon calls for destroying the international space station to ensure he makes money on the SpaceX contracts to do so.
February 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
He's trying to convince Trump to burn down everything else NASA is doing -- ISS, Moon, science missions -- to get taxpayers behind his Mars dream.
Hard to see betting it all on Mars this fits with goals of the "cis-lunar spacepower" advocates and competing in the neighborhood with China
Hard to see betting it all on Mars this fits with goals of the "cis-lunar spacepower" advocates and competing in the neighborhood with China
"Guardians are contributing combat spacepower in Operation Epic Fury" do you even hear yourself?
April 18, 2026 at 7:51 PM
"Guardians are contributing combat spacepower in Operation Epic Fury" do you even hear yourself?
Establishing spacepower in the cislunar space environment is important due to economic, political, and military competition among great powers. Cislunar space offers lucrative resources including water, Helium-Three, rare earth metals, and regolith.
#cislunar #cislunarspace
#cislunar #cislunarspace
Cislunar Spacepower The New Frontier
By Laura Duffy and James Lake
ABSTRACT
Establishing spacepower in the cislunar space environment is important due to economic, political, and military competition among great powers. While the Unite...
spaceforcejournal.org
December 18, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Establishing spacepower in the cislunar space environment is important due to economic, political, and military competition among great powers. Cislunar space offers lucrative resources including water, Helium-Three, rare earth metals, and regolith.
#cislunar #cislunarspace
#cislunar #cislunarspace
Reusable rockets are changing the meaning of space power. The advantage may increasingly lie not in protecting every satellite, but in replacing lost capabilities quickly.
#SpacePower #SpaceSecurity #Satellite
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#SpacePower #SpaceSecurity #Satellite
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September 25, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Reusable rockets are changing the meaning of space power. The advantage may increasingly lie not in protecting every satellite, but in replacing lost capabilities quickly.
#SpacePower #SpaceSecurity #Satellite
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#SpacePower #SpaceSecurity #Satellite
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Ah the old 'dominate Earth by dominating space' schtick. Somebody ought to write a book about that...
After two strategic failures in Afghanistan and Iraq, now US impotence over Hormuz, we still get grand claims on the singular potency of space control.
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-war-in-...
After two strategic failures in Afghanistan and Iraq, now US impotence over Hormuz, we still get grand claims on the singular potency of space control.
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-war-in-...
April 27, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Ah the old 'dominate Earth by dominating space' schtick. Somebody ought to write a book about that...
After two strategic failures in Afghanistan and Iraq, now US impotence over Hormuz, we still get grand claims on the singular potency of space control.
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-war-in-...
After two strategic failures in Afghanistan and Iraq, now US impotence over Hormuz, we still get grand claims on the singular potency of space control.
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-war-in-...
Jared Isaacman speaking at the Spacepower conference in Orlando, when asked about future Polaris missions: "The future of the Polaris program is a little bit of a question mark at the moment. It may wind up on hold for a moment."
December 11, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Jared Isaacman speaking at the Spacepower conference in Orlando, when asked about future Polaris missions: "The future of the Polaris program is a little bit of a question mark at the moment. It may wind up on hold for a moment."
New at The Space Review (@thespacereview.com), "The orbit is the territory: rethinking spacepower in a domain where nothing stays still," on spacepower theory and territorial claims in Low Earth orbit (and beyond): www.thespacereview.com/article/5317/1
The orbit is the territory: rethinking spacepower in a domain where nothing stays still
Strategists have tried to apply concepts from the theories of air power and sea power to space. Michael Uhall discusses why spacepower requires rethinking concepts like territory in a regime where eve...
www.thespacereview.com
September 23, 2026 at 4:37 PM
New at The Space Review (@thespacereview.com), "The orbit is the territory: rethinking spacepower in a domain where nothing stays still," on spacepower theory and territorial claims in Low Earth orbit (and beyond): www.thespacereview.com/article/5317/1
Strategists have tried to apply concepts from the theories of air power and sea power to space. However, spacepower requires rethinking concepts like territory in a regime where everything is in motion. www.thespacereview.com/article/5317/1
The orbit is the territory: rethinking spacepower in a domain where nothing stays still
Strategists have tried to apply concepts from the theories of air power and sea power to space. Michael Uhall discusses why spacepower requires rethinking concepts like territory in a regime where…
www.thespacereview.com
September 26, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Strategists have tried to apply concepts from the theories of air power and sea power to space. However, spacepower requires rethinking concepts like territory in a regime where everything is in motion. www.thespacereview.com/article/5317/1
I’m at the UK Spacepower Conference and Harv Smyth/RAF announced the new squadron in counterspace/ASAT operations in a much better way than the US did with space weapons last week. Stated deterrent-only hopes of such weapons systems and support for responsible behaviour norm development in space.
RAF launches first ever space squadron dedicated to defending Britain's satellites
The RAF has launched No. III Space Effects Squadron, its first dedicated unit to counter hostile threats to UK satellites.
www.gov.uk
September 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM
I’m at the UK Spacepower Conference and Harv Smyth/RAF announced the new squadron in counterspace/ASAT operations in a much better way than the US did with space weapons last week. Stated deterrent-only hopes of such weapons systems and support for responsible behaviour norm development in space.
I have it on good authority that the paperback edition is out and starting to ship! Order my book 'Original Sin: Power, Technology, and War in Outer Space' direct from @hurstpublishers.bsky.social and use ORIGINAL20 for a 20% discount. www.hurstpublishers.com/book/origina...
June 18, 2026 at 9:37 AM
I have it on good authority that the paperback edition is out and starting to ship! Order my book 'Original Sin: Power, Technology, and War in Outer Space' direct from @hurstpublishers.bsky.social and use ORIGINAL20 for a 20% discount. www.hurstpublishers.com/book/origina...
Spacepower is becoming a defining force in global politics. Countries that see space as both a tech and strategic domain – and equip their universities accordingly – are likely to lead- writes John B Sheldon #SpacePolicy #GlobalHE #SpaceSecurity
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Universities are the intellectual engines of spacepower
Spacepower – the ability to exert influence in, to and from space – is emerging as a defining force in global politics. The countries that will th...
www.universityworldnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Spacepower is becoming a defining force in global politics. Countries that see space as both a tech and strategic domain – and equip their universities accordingly – are likely to lead- writes John B Sheldon #SpacePolicy #GlobalHE #SpaceSecurity
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Many thanks to Will James for hosting me at RSIS (Nanyang Technological University) in Singapore to give a talk on U.S. Spacepower and alliance politics from the Cold War to today.
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Many thanks to Will James for hosting me at RSIS (Nanyang Technological University) in Singapore to give a talk on U.S. Spacepower and alliance politics from the Cold War to today.
and surveillance grids, then award themselves medals for it.
On December 2nd, 2025, they're giving each other trophies at something called the Spacepower Conference.
"Spacepower". Let that word roll around in your brain like a dead star. Because what they mean is:
* Militarized moon orbits
On December 2nd, 2025, they're giving each other trophies at something called the Spacepower Conference.
"Spacepower". Let that word roll around in your brain like a dead star. Because what they mean is:
* Militarized moon orbits
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
and surveillance grids, then award themselves medals for it.
On December 2nd, 2025, they're giving each other trophies at something called the Spacepower Conference.
"Spacepower". Let that word roll around in your brain like a dead star. Because what they mean is:
* Militarized moon orbits
On December 2nd, 2025, they're giving each other trophies at something called the Spacepower Conference.
"Spacepower". Let that word roll around in your brain like a dead star. Because what they mean is:
* Militarized moon orbits
For those interested, I interviewed ICEYE at DSEI last year:
January 12, 2026 at 11:45 PM
For those interested, I interviewed ICEYE at DSEI last year:
My second book "Original Sin" annoyed a few people by not being strictly chronological, nor a country-by-country report on spacepower developments and incidents... structuring books by argument or themes seems like an alien concept to some.
Hello. I just want to say "get lost" to the guy who assured me that the only possibly way to write a history book is strictly chronological.
"You go month by month and just write what happened each month. How can you not see that?"
Don't take writing advice from randos in the pub.
"You go month by month and just write what happened each month. How can you not see that?"
Don't take writing advice from randos in the pub.
January 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My second book "Original Sin" annoyed a few people by not being strictly chronological, nor a country-by-country report on spacepower developments and incidents... structuring books by argument or themes seems like an alien concept to some.
Surprised no one has trademarked SPACEPOWER, à la Mahan’s SEAPOWER, or Douhet’s AIRPOWER.
Or did I miss something something Von Braun said?
Or did I miss something something Von Braun said?
March 1, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Surprised no one has trademarked SPACEPOWER, à la Mahan’s SEAPOWER, or Douhet’s AIRPOWER.
Or did I miss something something Von Braun said?
Or did I miss something something Von Braun said?
For more such space weirdness, read Original Sin: Power, Technology, and War in Outer Space… @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/origina...
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/origina...
Original Sin | Hurst Publishers
An eye-opening account of a world order shaped by spacepower and the threat of space warfare.
www.hurstpublishers.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:11 PM
For more such space weirdness, read Original Sin: Power, Technology, and War in Outer Space… @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/origina...
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/origina...
A quick roundup of my recent external publications, including on European space power, a diatribe against defence elites, and a lot on the JEF and arctic security 💪
European Spacepower, Elitist Defence Experts, and Arctic Security
My musings elsewhere
open.substack.com
May 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
A quick roundup of my recent external publications, including on European space power, a diatribe against defence elites, and a lot on the JEF and arctic security 💪
Very excited to join Bluesky! I'm an Assistant Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology researching printable thin-film materials for terrestrial & extreme electronics; focus on 'perovskites for space'. Here's my TEDx talk summarizing our group's research focus!
#newPI #perovskites #spacepower
#newPI #perovskites #spacepower
Perovskites Semiconductors are the Future of Space | Ahmad Kirmani | TEDxRIT
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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November 22, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Very excited to join Bluesky! I'm an Assistant Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology researching printable thin-film materials for terrestrial & extreme electronics; focus on 'perovskites for space'. Here's my TEDx talk summarizing our group's research focus!
#newPI #perovskites #spacepower
#newPI #perovskites #spacepower
Dispersion, they say? Sounds like someone's been reading their spacepower theory...
Among other things, it looks like the lower central display here shows an unusually off-nadir SAR image, which looks really cool. www.iceye.com/blog/how-spa...
How Space-Based ISR Supports Dispersed Combat Operations
Discover how space-based ISR enhances tactical operations in dispersed combat, enabling rapid decision-making and improved situational awareness.
www.iceye.com
May 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Dispersion, they say? Sounds like someone's been reading their spacepower theory...
President Trump bewildered reporters by claiming “U.S. Space Command has kept our galaxy safe since the Revolutionary War.” As anachronistic as colonial military operations in outer space would seem, Mr. Trump was pointing to a serious challenge: utilizing spacepower to assess Astrographic threats.
September 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
President Trump bewildered reporters by claiming “U.S. Space Command has kept our galaxy safe since the Revolutionary War.” As anachronistic as colonial military operations in outer space would seem, Mr. Trump was pointing to a serious challenge: utilizing spacepower to assess Astrographic threats.