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
Fighting Future Space Crime with Inspiration from the Quantum Threat
The simultaneous explosions of thousands of pagers belonging to Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon offers a great example of a stealth supply chain attack that few could have ever predicted. It’s a reminder that a determined adversary can be extremely imaginative in...
Thinking Through Unanticipated Risks in the USSF Commercial Space Strategy
by Hugh Taylor and Marc Feldman In April of this year, the United States Space Force (USSF) released its Commercial Space Strategy. The strategy, announced with the intention of “accelerating the purposeful pursuit of hybrid space architectures,” seeks to create...
Hacking a Satellite: Harder Than It Looks?
(This article originally appear in the Journal of Cyber Policy) Last year's DEF CON event featured a demonstration of satellite hacking. In the Hack-a-Sat contest, which was organized by the US Air Force, teams of hackers were able to penetrate a cubesat called...
Think Space is Too Expensive for Pirates?
We often hear pushback about the potential for space piracy along the lines of “the barriers to entry are still high” or “space is too expensive for pirates.” This is true if you think that pirates can only get into space by building and launching their own rockets....