Defense Writers Group
5 April 2024
Moderator: Good morning everybody, and welcome to this Defense Writers Group with Dr. John F. Plumb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy. This is Dr. Plumb’s first time with us, so I promised everybody would behave except for me.
The ground rules are as always, this is on the record. You can record it for accuracy of quotes but there’s no rebroadcast of audio or visual.
A few of you emailed me in advance for questions. We’ll get to those, then we’ll go around the table for the hour, saving a few minutes at the end for Dr. Plumb. So sir, thank you for joining us today. It’s an honor to have you here at this important time.
ASD Plumb: Thank you, Thom.
Moderator: The department just released its first-ever Commercial Space Integration Strategy. That was the day before yesterday. So talk a little bit about what drove the decision to do that, and if you would give us your two or three major goals to come out of that, what would they be?
ASD Plumb: First of all, thanks. It’s great to be here. I appreciate this opportunity...
