8. Kara Cunzeman: Abundance, Aspiration, and Strategic Foresight

In this episode, Senior Fellow Peter Garretson interviews Kara Cunzeman, a thought leader and Futurist at The Aerospace Corporation. They discuss strategic foresight, multiple futures, anticipatory policymaking, acquisition reform, and space guard missions including planetary defense and rescue. Kara calls for a more aspirational tone, and enumerates how the National Space Council, Space Force, and NASA have opportunities to plant seeds for an abundant future.

Kara Cunzeman bio:

aerospace.org/person/kara-c-cunzeman#:~:text=K….

Pathfinder's Guide to the Space Enterprise

aerospace.org/aerospace-presents-pathfinders-g…

Space Force's Space Futures Workshop

apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1101899.pdf

Strategic Foresign

aerospace.org/paper/strategic-foresight-addres…

Agenda 2021

aerospace.org/SA2021

Aerospace Space Policy Show

aerospace.org/thespacepolicyshow

Herman Kahn's

ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19780004167/downlo…

Avi Loeb's book Extraterrestrial on Oumuamua

amazon.com/Extraterrestrial-First-Intelligent-…

Solar Gravity Lens Mission

aerospace.org/article/solar-gravity-lens-looks…

Space Force S&T Spending

afpc.org/uploads/documents/Defense_Technology_…