61. Christopher Stone: Grading the Space Force's Vision of the Future

In this episode, Peter Garretson sits down with ⁠Christopher Stone⁠ (linkedin.com/in/christopher-stone-1977337) to assess two major recent developments in U.S. space policy: the December Executive Order on ⁠Ensuring American Space Superiority⁠ (whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/en…), and the newly released Space Force ⁠Future Operating Environment 2040⁠ (spaceforce.mil/Portals/2/Documents/SAF_2026/Fu…) alongside its Objective Force. Together, they break down what the Space Force got right, what it got wrong, what's missing, and where U.S. space strategy should go from here.