some national strategies are made to last for a few years or at most one government but a strategy
like that won't work in space space security and economic Prosperity are too crucial to the
sustainability of life on Earth and too sensitive to long-term trends to be addressed by short-term
measures future armed confrontations on Earth will be significantly influenced by the security
of assets in space data sent through space is becoming increasingly important to the health of
Earth's economy security and prosperity in space depend on long-term technological advancements
even more than many areas on Earth according to representatives of the U.S space force
37 of the country's GPS satellites as well as numerous commercial and weather satellites in an
unspecified number of other U.S satellites are all vulnerable to cyber attacks from China and Russia
the defense department continuously coordinates air and ground military activities including
nuclear missile control while keeping an eye on what is happening on the ground with that being
said let's dig take a closer look while Elon Musk updates us all on how vulnerable Space Systems and
securities are to cyber attacks hello everyone and welcome back to Elon Musk Evolution where we
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click the Bell icon so you don't miss out on any of our amazing videos according to musk space and
our unrestricted access to the resources found in or moving through that domain are crucial to the
United States national security all individuals who have participated in the race between two
superpowers and is now a 315 billion dollar global company since the beginning of the Space Age
have implicitly comprehended this connection this dependence on Space Systems has grown and expanded
during the past over 60 years the term National Security space has been substantially redefined as
what was formerly simply a domain of exploration and National Security has expanded to incorporate
a Commerce social element that has become so pervasive Not For the First Time President Kennedy
compared space and all the world's oceans the term astronaut is a combination of two Greek words for
star and sailor and the literature is replete with references to spaceships interplanetary
voyages and star fleets in many ways the analogy is appropriate in that space exploration initially
and exploitation ultimately have parallels in Mankind's first tentative Maritime Endeavors
the formation of commercial routes Colonial expansion and ultimately struggles for control
and Security in the new area where all results of seaborne exploration Journeys time is obviously a
key factor in the distinction between the development of international maritime law
and practice and that of the space realm along with the enabling operational conceptions Naval
strategy nation-states and supporting diplomacy the technology Customs habits conventions and
ultimately treaties controlling Military and Commercial Marine activities evolved
over centuries Ezra result the system was able to incorporate improvements gradually deal with
stressors gradually and to some extent resolve disagreements deliberately over time integrated
inside the department of the United States Air Force the space force is a separate military
service it has about 8 000 uniformed Guardians and a similar number of Civilian employees who
are in charge of running and safeguarding U.S satellites supporting systems and Communications
constellations that are vital to the Armed Forces these constellations include GPS Communications
and missile warning constellations one justification for President Biden's most
recent budget request for the United States is the growing threats against American Commercial
and Military satellites space force as well as the space development agency his proposed budget
allocates 24.5 billion dollars for the space force and space development agency which is around five
billion dollars more than what Congress approved in 2022. his plan calls for 773 billion dollars
for the entire defense budget in the fiscal 2020 23 year which begins on October 1st the NASA
budget request for 2023 is 26 billion dollars thus this 24.5 billion about matches it Russia
demonstrated last year that it has the capability to launch a missile from one of its satellites to
destroy another of its spacecraft leaving a vast debris field that it could use at least one of its
satellites to physically and virtually attack other satellites in orbit according to rumors
China has a satellite with a robotic arm that has the capability of grabbing another satellite with
a claw a question posed in a news story was if the United States had offensive capabilities
comparable to those of Russia and China the White House stated in a budget summary that
space is essential to U.S national security and integral to Modern Warfare the budget maintains
America's Advantage by improving the resilience of U.S space architectures to bolster deterrence
and increase survivability during hostilities the White House continued the Department of Defense
claimed that overall budget proposal enables it to develop purchase and modernize assets to
ensure combat credible troops across all domains to face the growing Challenge from the People's
Republic of China and to address acute threats from Russia according to musk lasers Jammers and
cyber attacks are constantly used to Target American satellites so is the United States
ready for this threat let's find out according to mass conflict is not necessary or desirable
as a result of the contested nature of space as a result of our increased understanding of the
value of Space Systems we are better able to recognize the serious threat that losing them
would pose to modern society while the turrets in all its forms must be a part of our national
strategy a successful outcome on a national and international level necessitates the use of all
aspects of the Diplomatic intelligence military and economic domains to produce results that are
desired on a national level and acceptable on a global level moreover musk added this cross-domain
collaboration may be hampered by the sensitivity of space security debates but there are still
lessons to be learned from successful d-conflict if not cooperation and other domains last but not
least it's critical to remember that when it comes to competing with peers or near peers the United
States is unlikely to act alone the creation of standards and protocols such as the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization standardization agreements and shared field training locations
demonstrates how closely connected independent the United States relies on its allies in order
to fight alongside them for the sake of our overall net resilience this Paradigm must be
expanded to the space domain meanwhile the First National Security space launch mission for the U.S
Department of Defense was launched into orbit on Tuesday by spacex's Falcon heavy rocket the most
powerful launch vehicle currently in operation today Elon Musk owns the launch services and
satellite technology company which hasn't launched the Falcon heavy since 2019. two secret satellites
that are a part of the ussf 44 mission of the space force were aboard the rocket when it was
launched from Cape Canaveral space force station in Florida this launches the result of years of
hard work by a committed team made up of Americans with a mission-driven mindset Brigadier General
Stephen Purdy the program executive officer for assured access to space stated in a news release
on October 27th the Falcon heavy is a crucial component of our overall lifting capacity the
ussf 44's launch was postponed by two years due to payload problems from its original 2020 launch
date the space force made their second launch of the ldpe and they intend to use it one more time
before switching to a new model named the rapid on-orbit space evaluation ring or rooster in July
the service created Northrop a 22 million dollar contract for rooster which will offer cheap trips
to space for little satellites and that's good in today's episode friends we hope you enjoyed our
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