In this episode, Senior Fellow in Defense Studies Peter Garretson interviews General Steve "Bucky" Butow, Director of the Space Portfolio at the Defense Innovation Unit.  They discuss DIU's efforts to leverage the commercial sector to build dual-use logistics, infrastructure, and make use of space commodities.  They discuss the importance of the Space Domain, the coming revolution in access & human presence, the richness of the Moon as Earth's 8th Continent, how U.S. space primacy is in jeopardy -- and what is at stake.

Gen Butow:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-butow-32724a27/

https://www.diu.mil/team/Steven-Butow

DIU Space

https://www.diu.mil/solutions/portfolio#Space

Multi-Orbit Logistics

https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2020/02/05/the-pentagon-wants-a-roadside-assistance-service-in-space/

https://blog.executivebiz.com/2020/02/diu-seeks-vehicles-fuel-depots-for-space-logistics/

Outpost

https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2020/07/16/defense-innovation-unit-issues-contract-for-unmanned-orbital-outpost/

http://spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=52649

Remote Sensing

https://insidedefense.com/insider/diu-seeks-commercial-remote-sensing-technology

SETI Institute

https://www.seti.org/about

Space Futures Workshop

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1101899.pdf

State of the Space Industrial Base 2020

https://cdn.afresearchlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/27223753/State-of-the-Space-Industrial-Base-2020-Report_July-2020_FINAL.pdf