"In a sense, we drive our satellites today as if we're going to church. Our adversaries drive their satellites as if they're going to combat," Lt. Gen. John Shaw, who recently retired from US Space Command, told Breaking Defense in this Q&A.
The Space Force could use a little guidance. So could the commercial space industry. That’s the gist of what the first Space Mobility Conference aimed to grapple with Tuesday as a single-day lead-in to the larger SpaceCom at the Orange County Convention Center that lasts through Thursday.
Sources tell Breaking Defense that two names Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting and Lt. Gen. John Shaw have been sent to the White House for potential nomination as the new Space Force chief.