US SPACE FORCE
Fostering and nurturing those partnerships is a big job in itself , but of paramount importance to the Space Force mission . “ We want to be able to harness it ,” Crider explains , “ so we have a clear understanding of what our overall innovation portfolio is and what it looks like in the near , mid , and long term , as well as those future far-reaching things that we don ’ t even know about yet , revolutionary areas where we see game-changing opportunities . It ’ s the future of science , so we need to be able to think about what these various types of partners bring in each of those areas to our evolutionary and revolutionary advantage . How do those different partners plan ? Where does industry see the most opportunity to create value for itself ? And then where do we come in with our science and technology portfolio ? How does all that play into a coordinated and very visible portfolio of investment opportunities ? We try to manage this explosion of innovation and interest in space with data , and we have to create our own data about how this overall portfolio is working .”
Learning and adapting are going to be crucial to USSF ’ s future . Space is a new frontier , as the Space Force looks to go to the moon and beyond , and understand the “ entirety of the space domain .” Crider sums up that wider goal : “ We ’ ve got to continue to advance our exploration of space , our ability to leverage space , and our ability to really understand how deep space can support all of our objectives both from a military standpoint and across all of our global partnerships , so that we can make the most of this precious and valuable domain .”
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