In this episode, Senior Fellow Peter Garretson interviews spacepower theorist Dr. Brent Ziarnick. In this marathon discussion, they cover the origins of Space Force, the foundations of spacepower theory, the founding and curriculum of the Space Force's Schriever Scholar Strategy Seminar, "bluewater" and "brownwater" philosophies of spacepower, the criticality of rank and reserves to agility and boldness, the military utility of heavy re-usable lift like Starship, the possibility of Space Force Astronauts, the grand destiny of American spacefaring, strategic will, and what the Space Force must "be prepared to" do.
Schriever Scholars Strategy Seminar
https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/ACSC/Display/Article/1688390/schriever-scholars-program/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMOmjh-v358
Space Force Journal (SFJ) and Dr. Ziarnick's Guide to Spacepower
https://spaceforcejournal.org/a-practical-guide-for-spacepower-strategy/
Book: Developing National Power in Space
https://www.amazon.com/Developing-National-Power-Space-Theoretical/dp/0786494999
Strategic Vision and Futures
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/460469-the-space-force-strategic-vision-emerges
Bluewater & Brownwater Spacepower Philosophies & the Battle for the Soul of the Space Force
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/458509-the-battle-for-the-soul-of-the-space-force
https://ndiatvc.org/images/downloads/SMDWG_September_2019/2019_sept_ndia_ziarnick_space_lecture.pdf
Ranks
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/26/space-corps-naval-rank-1433541
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/07/space-force-brent-ziarnick-392297
The Importance of the Reserves Reserve
Book: To Rule the Skies: General Thomas Power and the Rise of the Strategic Air Command in the Cold war
https://www.amazon.com/Rule-Skies-Strategic-Military-Aviation/dp/1682475875
