Former NASA Administrator and astronaut Charles Bolden joins the Security Cocktail Hour to explain why space is not as isolated as people assume.

We cover:

• Why mission control still sits in the middle
• Why messages get routed, reviewed, and filtered before reaching a vehicle
• How consumer devices expand the attack surface in space
• What cooperation in orbit teaches about security and civics
• Why he does not buy the hype about easy moon or Mars colonization

Organizations mentioned in this episode:

Intrepid Museum: https://intrepidmuseum.org/

Astronauts for America: https://www.astronautsforamerica.org/