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Category: Opinion

SpaceNews publishes op-eds from guest authors to provide a diversity of perspectives for our readers. For guidelines, see Submitting op-eds to SpaceNews.

Last year, Anduril and Apex Space successfully launched their first joint mission, Aries SN1, with Anduril’s edge-processing payload. Pictured above is a photo taken by SN-1 sensors and processed by Anduril’s edge-payload, all tasked through Anduril’s Lattice platform. Credit: Anduril
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Space is a warfighting domain. We need wartime urgency for procurement reform.

by Gokul Subramanian October 27, 2025October 27, 2025

When America embarked on the journey to build the Arsenal of Democracy in World War II, President Roosevelt had a simple instruction: “speed, speed, speed.” His emphasis on speed spurred […]

Posted inOpinion

A soft power strategy to preserve non-sovereignty from Chinese land claims on the moon 

by Michael J. Listner October 24, 2025
Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean extracts the fuel element of a Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) from storage on the lunar module on the Moon. Credit: NASA
Posted inOpinion

The next space race will be won at night

by Alan Campbell, A.C. Charania, Tim Crain and Elizabeth Kryst October 23, 2025
Europe, imaged by an Earth observation satellite. Credit: NASA / LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response team
Posted inOpinion

Europe must build its own critical infrastructure

by Victoria Pearson October 23, 2025
Illustration of a moon mining operation. Credit: NASA
Posted inOpinion

The lunar mining gold rush is coming – and success requires bridging two worlds 

by Stirling Forbes October 22, 2025
Earth observation taken during a night pass over Taiwan by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station. Credit: NASA / Karen Nyberg
Posted inOpinion

Taiwan should build a space-enabled kill web, not big warships

by Holmes Liao October 21, 2025
Render of a conceptual Chinese lunar base.
Posted inOpinion

America needs a ‘Plan B’ to reach the moon first

by Walt Faulconer October 20, 2025
Posted inOpinion

Money is pouring into defense but dual-use is the real sweet spot

by Bogdan Gogulan October 17, 2025October 20, 2025
Illustration of autonomous satellites. Credit: NASA
Posted inCommercial

Beyond the downlink: Why Earth-independent AI is the next moat in space operations

by Miguel A. Lopez-Medina October 15, 2025
Posted inOpinion

The Mars moment: Why now is the time to build the future 

by Peter Beck October 14, 2025

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