Marc Feldman & Hugh Taylor

The commercial development of space is proceeding at a brisk pace, with space on track to be a multi-trillion-dollar corporate domain within the next decade. With that comes the risk of crime and piracy. As of today, however, few if any space businesses or government entities have given much thought to mitigating this threat. This presentation offers deep insights into this multi-threaded challenge. In this presentation, the speakers will explore some critical issues and discuss possible solutions:

• How criminal gangs, such as international cartels, form a serious threat to space business
• The potential impacts of space piracy on space commerce, space mining, and space exploration
• Space piracy’s potential effects on space finance and insurance
• The current state of the US military and intelligence community (IC) regarding space piracy, and what can be done to raise the level of readiness to deal with the space piracy threat
• The deficient current state of space law and governance
• The gaps in existing treaties and the ramifications for spacefaring nations that need to combat space crime, piracy, and smuggling
• The potential for technologies such as AI in mitigating the space piracy threat