Space Is Critical Infrastructure—It Needs an Alliance To Guard It | Opinion
Space infrastructure is essential to modern life, supporting everything from emergency response to global finance, yet it remains vulnerable to disruption from debris and hostile actions. Current policies, including a recent White House executive order, are insufficient to protect this critical domain, especially as commercial and national interests grow. An international, military-backed Artemis Alliance is needed to ensure the security, stability, and continued innovation of space operations.
- ▪Space systems support emergency response, financial networks, and global logistics.
- ▪The White House executive order on space superiority eliminates the National Space Council, weakening policy coordination.
- ▪The Artemis Accords are voluntary and lack enforcement or security mechanisms.
- ▪Commercial satellite constellations like SpaceX's depend on a secure space environment.
- ▪Space research drives innovation in robotics, materials, medicine, and climate modeling.
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By Kathleen Curlee and Brian GoldenShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.As Artemis II carried astronauts around the moon, some asked a familiar question: Why invest in space exploration when there are so many problems on Earth?Picture this. A rescue team moves through whiteout conditions in the mountains, racing to reach a stranded hiker before nightfall. Somewhere ahead, a distress beacon is transmitting a set of coordinates to satellites overhead. Those coordinates guide rescuers through the storm.
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