This Study Group brings together a diverse array of expert individuals from the aerospace community for constructive debate about U.S. space policy. In the absence of a clear and soundly based national consensus over military activities in space – specifically the role of space weapons – America runs the risk of rushing prematurely into an unbalanced, short-sighted policy on space weaponization. Discussions critique and complement independent research performed by the project directors and a core team of expert individuals.

Informed by the Study Group’s discussion and debate, the project directors will craft a balanced policy opinion about weapons in space and develop alternative strategies to satisfy national security needs with or without the weaponization of space. Results from research and debate will be disseminated to the larger U.S. aerospace and policy communities through a series of public forums and a substantial article, authored by the project directors, in a journal such as Foreign Affairs.