In partnership with T-Minus, NEXUS is spinning off a new series examining space cybersecurity, starting with a space-cyber overview with Aerospace expert Brandon Bailey in Episode 8, discussing the evolution of cyber threats to space systems and why protecting space infrastructure has become critical to national security.

Bailey emphasized the critical nature of space systems to everyday life. “Everything that we do in life, almost in the US and globally, depends on some level of space capabilities,” Bailey explained, noting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security found that all 55 national critical functions are supported by space. This criticality makes space systems attractive targets, he added: “That not only brings just the good people’s eyes, but it also brings the adversary eye to it as well.”