Space systems are fundamental to U.S. national and economic security. Despite the fact that an array of critical infrastructure and national critical functions rely on space systems, they are not one of our designated critical infrastructure sectors. As a result, space systems are not being treated as the priority that they need to be, particularly when we are in the midst of a ‘space race’ with China, as the administrator of NASA recently stated bluntly.
Brian Berger is editor in chief of SpaceNews.com and the SpaceNews magazine. He joined SpaceNews.com in 1998, spending his first decade with the publication covering NASA. He was named senior staff writer in 2004, a position he held until being named... More by Brian Berger
