Economic opportunity is skyrocketing across the space industry, but it brings risks.

Military experts worry space could be the new front line of future conflicts.

Look no further than Russia's invasion of Ukraine which

started with cyber attacks on space-based communication networks. It speaks to the

critical nature of this

new area, dynamic and sharp focus to the U.S. Space Force.

I think we're on, like I said, the precipice of this new era

where because launch costs are coming down,

because of our manufacturing of satellites to smaller

satellites it's opening up options to put new missions new activities new

capabilities on orbit that we didn't think about 10, 12 years ago.

General Chance Saltzman is the US Space Force's chief of space operations,

only the second ever to lead the three-year-old's military branch.

In this episode, we discussed the threat landscape in space, think

daslers and killer satellites, how the CSO is leveraging the work of commercial

space companies and what it all means for the budget. I'm Morgan Brennan and this is manifest space.

General Saltzman thank you so much for joining me today.

It's an honor or privilege to speak with you.

Thank you, Morgan. Glad to be here.

All right, so you're joining me from the Space Symposium.

It's one of the biggest space conferences of the year.

You have addressed the conference as well. What was your key message?

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