Friday, October 21, 2022

The Pentagon's Concerns On China's Space Program Has Even Caught The Attention Of Jeff Bezos

China’s network of space surveillance sensors. Credit: U.S. Space Systems Command 

Space News: Space Force briefing on military space race catches Jeff Bezos’ attention 

WASHINGTON — U.S. Space Systems Command officials earlier this month gave an unclassified briefing to Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos on the power competition taking place in the space domain. 

Executives from the space company Blue Origin heard the briefing in September at a Space Systems Command industry meeting in Los Angeles. “The Blue Origin team was so impressed that they requested that SSC brief Jeff Bezos,” Col. Joseph Roth, the command’s director of innovation and prototyping, said Oct. 19 at the Space Industry Days conference hosted by AFCEA Los Angeles. 

The briefing was conducted by SMSgt. Ron Lerch, senior enlisted leader of Space Systems Command’s intelligence directorate.  

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