Fault Lines Episode 591: A New Hope: America's Fight for the Final Frontier

Today, Les, Jamil, Jess, and Andy examine the growing strategic competition unfolding above the Earth's atmosphere. President Trump's nomination of Douglas Schiess to lead Space Force, combined with the Golden Dome initiative, signals a renewed push to assert American dominance in a domain now crowded with adversaries; China operates at least ten confirmed surveillance satellites and recently launched autonomous space planes, while debris-choked low Earth orbit poses growing risks to the military assets the U.S. depends on daily. Can the U.S. translate its investment in space into genuine strategic dominance, or is Washington further behind than it appears? How serious are the threats posed by China's expanding space capabilities, and what does American vulnerability in orbit mean for national security on the ground? Will the innovation generated by Golden Dome and Space Force spin off the kind of private-sector breakthroughs that reshape the competitive landscape? And does the renewed public interest in UAPs and potential government disclosures carry any real national security implications? Check out the answers to these questions and more in this episode of Fault Lines. @lestermunson @jamil_n_jaffer @nottvjessjones @andykeiser Like what we're doing here? Be sure to rate, review, and

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Fault Lines Episode 591: A New Hope: America's Fight for the Final Frontier is an episode from Fault Lines by National Security Institute.

This episode is 14:01 long.

This episode was published on May 4, 2026.

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