Space Competition: Sovereign Systems May Have Entangled Outcomes

About this episode

The episode discusses the nomination of Lieutenant General Doug Schiess as the U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations and the implications of sovereign space capabilities among allies.

The White House has nominated Lieutenant General Doug Schiess to become the third U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations. This nomination comes at a critical juncture, as allies race to develop sovereign space capabilities to reduce — or altogether avoid — dependence on the United States and its commercial service providers. Laura Winter speaks with Pacôme Révillon, CEO of Novaspace.

People in this episode

Host: Laura Winter

Guest: Pacôme Révillon

Topics covered

• space competition
• sovereign systems
• U.S. Space Force
• space capabilities
• international relations

Keywords

• space operations
• Doug Schiess
• sovereign capabilities
• space race
• international space policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. Space Force, Novaspace

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