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Cislunar Urgency, Space Force Must-Haves and China's Steady Lunar Build-Out by The DownLink

Elon Musk spent upwards of $445M backing Republicans in the Nov. 3 midterm elections, but the return on his investment is likely to be subpoenas, investigations into SpaceX, Tesla and federal contracts, many of which are with the U.S. Space Force. The timing is difficult, and may pose risks to the Space Force as the FY 2027 defense budget is nowhere close to becoming law. Laura Winter speaks with Todd Harrison, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Col. Charles Galbreath, USSF (Ret.), Director and Senior Resident Fellow for Space Studies at the Mitchell Institute Spacepower Advantage Center of Excellence. Watch this episode on The DownLink YouTube channel. Subscribe to The DownLink newsletter: https://thedownlink.substack.com/ Follow The DownLink on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-downlink-podcast/ Not just what's over the horizon, but what's happening above it!

Institutional investors are diversifying their portfolios to include alternative assets, such as private equity and private credit. With the SpaceX IPO, some are seeking stakes in the space category, but do they understand what they're buying? From the Up/Link SpaceTech Business Summit in New York, Laura Winter speaks with Chris Quilty, Founder and Co-CEO of Quilty Space, and Drew Svor, Partner at Sheppard.

A year after German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius spoke about offensive capabilities and pledged €35B to build up military space power, the interest, desire, and need for resilient space systems have grown alongside the increasing number of hybrid attacks attributed to Russia. Laura Winter speaks with Torsten Kriening, Publisher and CEO of SpaceWatch.Global. Watch this episode on The DownLink YouTube channel. Subscribe to The DownLink newsletter: https://thedownlink.substack.com/ Follow The DownLink on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-downlink-podcast/ "Not just what's over the horizon, but what's happening above it!"

Space venture funding hit a record $3.1 billion in September — but the industry's real problem could be a scarcity of rockets, even if SpaceX’s Starship comes on-line. Laura Winter speaks with Chris Quilty, Founder and CEO of Quilty Space, and Lou Whiteman, Stock Analyst at The Motley Fool. Watch this episode on The DownLink YouTube channel⁠⁠. Subscribe to The DownLink newsletter: https://thedownlink.substack.com/ Follow The DownLink on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-downlink-podcast/ “Not just what's over the horizon, but what's happening above it!”