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The Future of Ubiquitous, Realtime Intelligence: A GEOINT Singularity

Imagine a future where realtime Earth observations with analytics are available globally to the average citizen, providing a tremendous wealth of information, insight, and intelligence. The…

Albuquerque Headquarters

Aerospace’s presence in New Mexico has generated an economic impact of $21 million and grown to nearly 100 employees—including scientists and engineers who are working to develop innovative space…

What Place for Space: Competing Schools of Operational Thought in Space

How can identifying distinct schools of thought in space allow us to better understand the choices being made today about how to organize and fund space for national security?

Game Changer: On Orbit Servicing

A new generation of cooperative spacecraft designed specifically for on-orbit servicing could upgrade their own hardware every few years — a need that has been identified by the commercial, civil,…

What Brexit Means for UK Space Leadership

The United Kingdom’s pending withdrawal from the European Union poses some sobering realities for the growing British space sector. What choices does the UK have to make about its future in space?

Got Reliability? OTS Parts

The ability to upgrade satellites in orbit is essential to keeping space systems resilient and hardened against threats from possible adversaries. How might off-the-shelf parts help meet this…

A Framework for Resilience

Differing interpretations of the term “resilience” can cause disruption across scopes of responsibility in the U.S. defense space enterprise. What kind of structure might help address this disruption…

Game Changer: DIY Sats & Citizen Space

Citizen participation in space is now enabled by commercial picosatellite do-it-yourself (DIY) kits, and associated services and expertise to customize their missions and place payloads into orbit.…

Getting It Right

Getting It Right: March 2019

Outpacing the Threat, Tracking Vehicle Mass Properties, Disruptive Manufacturing Techniques

Acquisition Reform Regimes on Their Own Terms

The Department of Defense has entered a new acquisition regime, especially for space programs. These changes are influenced by past acquisition reforms, and there is much to learn about what those…

Getting It Right

Getting It Right: December 2018

Cyber Defense for Cloud-Based Applications, The Future of Space System Manufacture, Software Assurance for a Resilient Ground Enterprise

Creating An Agile Space Enterprise: The 2018 Annual Report

The Aerospace Corporation's 2018 Annual Report spotlights several of last year's amazing efforts to shape the future of the space enterprise through innovation while delivering mission…

Good Neighbors: How and When to Share Spectrum

With so many wireless technologies today — smartphones, autonomous vehicles, the internet of things — we rely on sufficient spectrum to provide efficient access for these devices and systems. What…

Coming to GRIPS with Science

When designing a space science mission, there is always a tradeoff between observation and cost, in which one would like to collect as many samples as possible in order to bound the problem in spite…

Conceptualizing the Center for Space-weather Impacts and Innovation

A small group of heliophysicists found themselves discussing what was needed to make transdisciplinary advancements in our research studies. Some key points were continually raised: better…

The Application Usability Framework

Heliophysics research, like many research areas, has increasingly evolved to include more than just pure science inquiries.
Opportunities for interdisciplinary research and transitioning…