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For years, the military space community was something of an outcast within its own house. While the services would pay lip service to how important space was, those involved directly in the community felt they were sidelined within the Air Force and elsewhere. That seemed to change suddenly when then-President Trump declared the creation of a US Space Force, and a wave of attention — from both the public and the defense industry — came along.
Roughly 20 months after the creation of the Space Force, Breaking Defense launched a first-of-its-kind attempt to take the temperature of America’s military space community, with the aptly named Breaking Defense Military Space Survey.
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The online survey, which ran from mid-August to mid-September, polled almost 500 space professionals on a variety of topics, including the greatest threats to America’s space ambitions, the growing role of the Space Force, and what space capabilities need the most investment going forward.
Roughly a third of the respondents identified themselves as being in military or government, while two-thirds identified themselves as defense/space industry or government contractors. 35% identified themselves as an “Executive, Senior Management, Director, or equivalent,” with another 27% identifying themselves as “Manager, Program Manager, Technical Manager or equivalent.”
Inside this collection, you’ll find a series of stories and infographics hitting the most interesting results from the survey. We’d also encourage you to take time and watch the Space Survey Roundtable, in which four experts debate the results and what they mean for America.
After the survey was completed, the military space picture only became more complicated. The last three months of 2021 saw the reveal of a Chinese fractional orbital bombardment system that was deployed on a hypersonic glide vehicle, a shocking Russian antisatellite test that sent debris spinning through orbit, and the advent of megaconstellations in the commercial sector.
It will be fascinating to see how that is all reflected in the 2022 edition of the survey — coming later this year.
Topics: Aerospace Corporation, eBook, space, Space Force, Space Survey, survey
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