Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: April 20–24, 2026: Pentagon's $1.5T FY27 Budget Operationalizes Golden Dome, Falcon 9 Lofts Final GPS III, and New Glenn Grounded After Historic Reuse
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Pentagon asks Congress for $1.5T, $17.9B for Golden Dome, and $75B for drones. SpaceX delivers GPS III SV10. FAA grounds New Glenn after BlueBird 7 loss.
"Going in Circles in Low Earth Orbit Is Not Going New Places": Space Policy Historian John Logsdon on Why Artemis Is Still About Leadership, What NASA Should Actually Be For, and Why He's Skeptical of the Helium-3 Story
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Space policy historian John Logsdon on Artemis, NASA's real job, and why he's skeptical of the lunar economy.
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: April 12–17, 2026: Space Force's 30,000-Satellite 2040 Vision, Golden Dome Casts Doubt on Space Interceptors, and Iran's Chinese Spy Satellite Targets US Bases
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Space Force plots a 30,000-satellite 2040 force, Golden Dome's space interceptors face a cost crunch, and Iran weaponizes a Chinese satellite against U.S. bases.
"We're Always One Order Away From Having to Fight": Department of War Principal Director for Space Technology Dr. Bryan Dorland On Marines, Orbital Mechanics, and Why the Moon Race Was Never Supposed to Happen When It Did
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The Department of War's chief space technologist on naval history, Lagrange points, AI, and why the people who can translate between warfighters, physicists, and Congress are the ones the space community needs most.
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.
