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Akin Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update | September 5, 2025

September 5, 2025

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By: Thomas J. McCarthy, Carlos M. Bermudez, Jennifer L. Richter, Hans Christopher Rickhoff, Steven A. Rowings, Marta A. Thompson, Ryan Dowell, Lamar Smith, Charles (Chase) Hamilton, Sharanya Sriram, Kathryn Herman (Policy Fellow)

The past couple of weeks felt a little like U.S. space policy stepped back to 1969. Sen. Ted Cruz channeled John Fogerty to warn about the space race with China and appeared to lean into U.S. government-owned rockets leading the return to the moon. Meanwhile, Huntsville, AL dusted off its “Rocket Town, USA” moniker as the headquarters for both the Golden Dome project and USSPACECOM are headed to the city. 

In global news, China announced plans to make Guangdong a hub for commercial space innovation, Sweden’s Esrange Space Center has emerged as a cornerstone of European launch capabilities, and India declared its intent to make space central to its national security strategy.

All this and more in this edition of Akin’s Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update.

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