A new study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies details a number of serious obstacles to cislunar operations, from a lack of robust business cases to the literal fabric of time.
Oracle has to be able not just to detect space objects, but also discriminate targets of interest from what is currently an unfamiliar background for space imagery analysts filled with myriad stars and a growing number of spacecraft, AFRL's Lt. Col. David Johnson explained.
Protecting warfighters requires fast, accurate, and dependable systems that work flawlessly to military standards.
The new strategy represents a first US effort to build a whole-of-government strategy for "advancing scientific, exploration, and economic development activities" in cislunar space.