What Drives the ‘New Space Race?’

Jim Bridenstine, Managing Partner of the Artemis Group, former NASA Administrator, former U.S. Representative (R-OK), and a leading voice in American space policy, joined our guest host for this episode, Neil Bradley, the U.S. Chamber’s Executive Vice President, Chief Policy Officer and Head of Strategic Advocacy, to discuss the new space race.

As early as April, the U.S. will launch Artemis II, its first manned space flight in half a century. The planned launch comes amid a new rivalry that echoes the Cold War contest with the USSR. This time, however, the race is with China, with immediate national security implications. And the U.S. is relying more heavily on venture capital and private business.

So we will launch the discussion with this frame: What drives the ‘New Space Race?’

Bridenstine and Bradley broke down the convergence of the China rivalry, military space dominance, satellite technology, and commercial expansion, and what it means for companies operating in defense, telecommunications, logistics, and beyond.

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