Security and Technology
Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability
Offering Innovative and Transdisciplinary Courses
The Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability (SSSS) program at the Strauss Center explores the many issues that arise at the intersection of security, technology, and policy in light of both government and commercial space programs, including but not limited to the challenges of dealing with an increasingly-crowded orbital domain.
The SSSS program offered by Strauss Center provides students with transdisciplinary courses and opportunities for scholarship. The program sits at the junction of hard and soft sciences, as well as law, business, and policy studies, and is engaged with the most timely and relevant space-related issues.
The goals of the program are to develop and offer innovative and transdisciplinary courses; to provide guidance and support to participating students from across campus; to create a pipeline of Brumley fellows going forward; to produce high-impact scholarship (especially but not only as an element of the Brumley SSS program requirements); and to deepen ties amongst academia, industry, NGOs, and the public sector in this area.
Contact the Texas Space Law & Policy Society’s for more information for students interested in space law and policy.
Events
Our Latest Events
- February 18-19, 2026
- ALL DAY
- Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ School of Public Affairs
“Operational Assurance for All” 12th Annual Space Traffic Conference
- March 4-5, 2025
- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT Austin
“STM: From the Ground Up and Back” 11th Annual Space Traffic Management Conference
- February 27-28, 2024
- All Day
- Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ School, The University of Texas at Austin
“Inflection Points of Change” 10th Annual Space Traffic Management Conference
Award
Aerospace Policy Solutions LLC Award in Space Policy
The Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law awards a yearly winner of the Aerospace Policy Solutions LLC Award in Space Policy. This $2000 award, sponsored by Aerospace Policy Solutions LLC, is given to exceptional UT-Austin student engaged in research related to space policy or interested in pursuing work related to space policy analysis and development after graduation. Applicants are continuing graduate students in policy, social sciences, or law, and have a demonstrated interest in space policy and a commitment to pursuing a career in the field.
Past Winners
2025 – Connor Sale, LBJ School of Public Affairs Master of Global Policy Studies candidate
2024 – Perry Lum, LBJ School of Public Affairs Master of Global Policy Studies candidate
2023 – Brittany Silvester, UT School of Law JD candidate
Featured
Annual Space Traffic Conference
The Space Traffic Conference is the keynote conference affiliated with the Strauss SSSS program. This is another available platform for student scholarship and faculty-supervised research.
