Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: April 6–10, 2026: Artemis II Makes History as Crew Returns From Deepest Human Flight Ever, Space Force Budget Doubles to $71 Billion Under FY27 Request, and Lockheed Lands $4.76 Billion PAC-3 Megadeal
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Artemis II smashes the Apollo 13 distance record and splashes down off San Diego, Space Force's FY27 request hits a historic $71 billion, and Lockheed wins a $4.76B PAC-3 megadeal.
"Trust Doesn't Collapse. It Becomes Conditional": Space Security Expert Sylwia Gorska on the Iran War, the Missile Defense Drain From Asia, and What Tokyo Does Next
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The Iran war exposed how fast U.S. missile defenses can be pulled from Asia. Space security expert Sylwia Gorska on what that means for Japan, South Korea, and the next crisis in the Indo-Pacific.
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: March 30 – April 3: Artemis II Launches for the Moon, CENTCOM Declares Space Superiority Over Iran, and Trump Drops a $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget
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Artemis II launches for the Moon, CENTCOM declares space superiority over Iran, and Trump drops a $1.5 trillion defense budget.
“There’s No Single License For Doing Things in Space”: Prometheus Nominee Science Fiction Author and Former FAA Space Lawyer Laura Montgomery on Property Rights Beyond Earth, Colony Governance, and Why You Don't Need a License to Bake a Cake on the Moon
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Sci-fi author and former FAA space lawyer Laura Montgomery on lunar property rights, the Outer Space Treaty's limits, colony governance, and why U.S. law already covers more of space than you think.
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: March 21–27: NASA Pauses Gateway for $20B Moon Base, Space Force Goes to War in Iran, and Anduril and Palantir Build Golden Dome’s Brain
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NASA pauses Gateway for a $20B moon base, Space Force counterspace operators see first combat in Operation Epic Fury, and Anduril and Palantir are confirmed as Golden Dome’s software architects.
"Every Starlink Above Critical Mass Is a Money Tree": OrbitsEdge Founder Rick Ward On Edge Compute, Orbital Data Centers, and Why the Biggest Bottleneck in Space Is Not the Rocket
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What happens when the space economy generates more data than it can process? OrbitsEdge founder Rick Ward on edge compute in orbit, SpaceX's Carnegie-era monopoly, and the cyber threat nobody is ready for.
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: March 15–21: Golden Dome Hits $185B, Space Force Stands Up Orbital Warfare Portfolios, and Blue Origin Files for 51,600 Satellites
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Golden Dome hits $185B, Space Force stands up its first Orbital Warfare office, and Blue Origin files for 51,600 orbital compute satellites. Inside this week's briefing.
"If You Fail to Communicate, You Will Have to Communicate About Failure": Former ESA Communications Officer Daniel Scuka on Storytelling, Crisis Transparency, and Why Space Needs More Than Engineers
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Former ESA comms officer Daniel Scuka on crisis communication, storytelling, space debris, and why the industry needs more than engineers.
SPECIAL FEATURE: "The Third World War Is Already Underway": Major General Vladyslav Klochkov, Former Chief of Moral-Psychological Support for Ukraine's Armed Forces, on Why Ukraine Is the Central Node of Global Transformation
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In a roundtable on global geopolitical transformations, the former chief of psychological support for Ukraine's Armed Forces argues the world has already entered a Third World War, and Ukraine sits at its center.
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: March 8–14: Artemis II Gets a Launch Date, the Pentagon Claims Cislunar Space, and Iran Proves the "Glass Battlefield" Is Here
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Artemis II targets April 1, the Pentagon formally extends military operations to lunar orbit, and Anduril doubles its space unit with a 400-telescope acquisition aimed at Golden Dome. Inside this week's briefing.
"Innovation Doesn't Die From Lack of Ideas, It Dies From Friction": SSIP Founder and Executive Director Paulo Pinheiro on Switzerland's Space Infrastructure Play, Microgravity Manufacturing, and Why Neutrality Is an Engineering Problem
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SSIP Founder Paulo Pinheiro on why space technologies stall between lab and market, how Switzerland's neutrality becomes operational infrastructure, and which microgravity product will scale first.
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: March 1–7: Space Force Fires First in Iran, Congress Rewrites NASA's Future, and Defense-Space Capital Hits Escape Velocity
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Space Force strikes first in Iran. Congress rewrites NASA. Defense-space capital surges past $2B.
