"The government has not decided what we want our format to be" for SSA data provided by commercial firms, explained SPACECOM's Col. Scot Brodeur. "But when we do decide, in short order I need y'all to be all in on getting onto that format."
"We're looking internally to my headquarters, as well as here at Peterson, to bring some of our great allies and partners into our staff and into our operations and processes here at the Combatant Command level as well," said SPACECOM head Gen. James Dickinson.
Balancing security and access to data are critical to providing users with trustworthy, reliable data for real-time decisions.
"I don't see another obvious explanation other than it was a weapons test," said Brian Weeden of the Secure World Foundation.
"I think maybe there is a mutual assured destruction in space," Rep. Lamborn said, "where no one will go there because the consequences will be too severe."