For the past four years, as Editor-in-Chief of SpaceWatch.Global, I’ve travelled to more than 50 live conferences, covering the full spectrum of topics in the space industry. Geopolitics, sustainability, defence, technology, and more. I interviewed politicians, UN representatives, young entrepreneurs, old entrepreneurs, engineers of any kind, DGs, CEOs, CCOs, CTOs, students, scientists, lawyers, astronauts. Journalists, unlike policymakers or intelligence officials, have a unique role—we lack classified information but hold a broad, horizontal view of the narratives circulating, and perhaps more revealingly, what’s missing from those narratives. Here is what I’ve learned from listening, speaking, and observing across this vast global industry.
