"Think The Expanse": How DIU is enabling the nation to do "interesting things" in Space
Description
In this episode, Senior Fellow in Defense Studies Peter Garretson interviews General Steve "Bucky" Butow, Director of the Space Portfolio at the Defense Innovation Unit. They discuss DIU's efforts to leverage the commercial sector to build dual-use logistics, infrastructure, and make use of space commodities. They discuss the importance of the Space Domain, the coming revolution in access & human presence, the richness of the Moon as Earth's 8th Continent, how U.S. space primacy is in jeopardy -- and what is at stake.
Gen Butow:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-butow-32724a27/
https://www.diu.mil/team/Steven-Butow
DIU Space
https://www.diu.mil/solutions/portfolio#Space
Multi-Orbit Logistics
https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2020/02/05/the-pentagon-wants-a-roadside-assistance-service-in-space/
https://blog.executivebiz.com/2020/02/diu-seeks-vehicles-fuel-depots-for-space-logistics/
Outpost
https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2020/07/16/defense-innovation-unit-issues-contract-for-unmanned-orbital-outpost/
http://spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=52649
Remote Sensing
https://insidedefense.com/insider/diu-seeks-commercial-remote-sensing-technology
SETI Institute
https://www.seti.org/about
Space Futures Workshop
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1101899.pdf
State of the Space Industrial Base 2020
https://cdn.afresearchlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/27223753/State-of-the-Space-Industrial-Base-2020-Report_July-2020_FINAL.pdf
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