The FCC Space Bureau makes its debut. Arianespace says its reusable rockets might be a while. iSpace’s HAKUTO-R lunar lander sets a date. AI brings speed to edge computing on satellites. CAS Space works towards reusable rockets. Eclipse is ready to invest in the physical industrial evolution. Zhanna Malekos-Smith on the US-Japan Space Pact Agreement.
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T-Minus Guest
Our guest today is Zhanna Malekos-Smith, Senior Associate at CSIS and Cyber Law Fellow at the Army Cyber Institute, on the US-Japan Space Pact Agreement and the meaning of “peaceful purposes.”
You can find more of Zhanna’s recent work at https://www.csis.org/people/zhanna-l-malekos-smith 
Selected Reading
FCC Opens Space Bureau to Modernize Satellite Policy | Via Satellite 
Europe will Introduce a Reusable Launch Vehicle in the 2030s, says Arianespace CEO | European Spaceflight 
ispace Announces Earliest Scheduled Lunar Landing Date for HAKUTO-R Mission 1 | ispace 
Chinese launch company tests vertical rocket landings with jet-powered prototype | Space.com 
Spiral Blue puts AI in space with new satellite computer | Space Connect 
Microsoft Azure enlists generative AI to help Pentagon look for satellite imagery | Geekwire 
Midland Spaceport Development Board to be reestablished pending state funding | NewsWest9 
S Korea to conduct 1st launch of commercial-grade satellite | Phys.org
Eclipse eclipses previous fundraises with a whopping $1.23 billion across two new funds | TechCrunch
→ Forging the New Economy: Eclipse Fund V and Early Growth Fund II | Eclipse.vc 
A New Membrane Could Lead to Space Telescopes with Flexible Mirrors! | Universe Today
New Zealander without college degree couldn't talk his way into NASA and Boeing—so he built a $1.8 billion rocket company | CNBC 
X-15 And The Pioneers Of Hypersonic Flight | Supercluster 
Four entrepreneurs welcomed to UK Space Agency accelerator programme | SpaceWatch.Global
Cosmonaut Korsakov tells why he took flags of Kyrgyzstan and Bishkek into space | 24.KG 
Tiny Spacecraft Using Solar Sails Open Up a Solar System of Opportunity | Universe Today 
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