Dedicated to Solving the Novel Challenges of Governance, Sovereignty, Commerce, Law, Crime, and Piracy in Space
About CSCP&G.
You may not be interested in space piracy, but space pirates are interested in you…
The Center for Study of Space Crime, Piracy, and Governance (CSCP&G) is an independent, nonpartisan think tank whose purpose is to serve as a policy resource for government officials and business executives on issues related to space governance, sovereignty, commerce, law, crime, and piracy. CSCP&G seeks to serve as an actionable resource for government officials, and space industry players. The center’s objective is to prevent and combat space crime/piracy, enhancing space governance, space sovereignty, and commerce.
Latest Articles
How Satellite-Powered Bluetooth Tracking Can Transform Disaster Response
Imagine you’re in the midst of a natural disaster, such as a wildfire. You call for help, but your phone doesn’t work because the cell towers have burned down. This worrisome scenario is more common than we might imagine. Too often, disaster response processes rely on...
The Impact of AI and Edge Computing on Military Logistics: A Conversation with Rune Technologies’ David Tuttle
Militaries have always struggled to balance the “tooth-to-tail” structure of their forces. For every bullet fired on the front line—the “teeth” of the force—there is a long “tail” of procurement and shipping that gets that bullet where it needs to be on time. If...
AI and the Future of UAVs and ISR: A Conversation with Bill Irby, CEO of AgEagle Aerial Systems
It’s not every day that you can embed three acronyms in a headline (four if you count “CEO”), but when technologies evolve rapidly, the acronyms start to fly. We are at a moment of convergence in the fields of technology, aviation, warfighting, and intelligence....
Book Review: The Martians
David Baron’s The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America (Liverlight/Norton) is a thoroughly researched account of late 19th and early 20th-century fascination with the potential for intelligent life on Mars. The book...
Q-CTRL’s New Maritime Quantum Navigation Solution Successfully Undergoes First Defense Trials at Sea
Software-ruggedized quantum sensing technology for navigation is validated in a real-world environment on a naval vessel after one year of development SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – 16 July 2025 – Q-CTRL, the global leader in quantum infrastructure software, today...
Why Satellite Constellations Enable a Culture Shift for Space Logistics
By Hugh Taylor and Marc Feldman Sometimes, the most important stories unfold right before our eyes—but an exciting distraction keeps us from noticing. As Starlink and Amazon Kuiper launch thousands of satellites into orbit to form expansive constellations, it’s easy...
Book Review – Outbound: Islands in the Void
Outbound: Islands in the Void, written by Richard Anderson with illustrations by Tim Kummerow, is an ambitious science fiction novel of space colonization set in the year 2248. The book weaves multiple narratives, from the creation of a space “island” that provides a...
Guest Post: Space Is a Server Without a Firewall
The Satellites Powering Your World Are Insecure. Breaches Are Inevitable. And No One Is Accountable. By Ela Buruk There is no such thing as a secure satellite. That’s not a prediction — it’s the current state of orbital infrastructure. From GPS and banking to...
Book Review: Contact With Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Law
It’s a simple question, dramatized in countless books and movies: How should human beings treat extraterrestrial aliens upon contact? Should we assume that they are hostile and attack? Should we “come in peace” like so many sci-fi heroes? Professor Michael Bohlander,...
Stalking the Space-Based Pig Butcherers
As authors of a book about space piracy, we’ve run into our share of polite scoffers who express incredulity that criminals could ever afford to get into space. Our response has been, “They’ll steal what they need, like airplane hijackers.” As events have shown, it’s...