2024 was a year of dynamism in the global space community – and the pace of change seems to only be accelerating in 2025. A fleet of new rockets seem poised to shake up the launch sector; new actors in the international community are actively bringing their capabilities to market; outstanding questions about the future of space sustainability and space regulation remain to be settled; the use of space as a domain for national security continues to get strong attention; and a switch-up in political leadership may shake up national programs and space efforts across the world.  

The space community at the end of 2025 may look quite different than at the start. What could the future hold? 

At noon on Wednesday, January 22^nd, join the Washington Space Business Roundtable for our first event of the year, a free virtual discussion on “what’s in store for space in 2025.” Participating in this dialogue are some of the leading journalists and reporters “in the know:” SpaceNews’ Jeff Foust; Breaking Defense’s Theresa Hitchens; Reuter’s Joey Roulette; and Defense Scoop’s Mikayla Easley.

Panelists

Mikayla Easley, DefenseScoop

Mikayla Easley reports on the Pentagon’s acquisition and use of emerging air and space warfare technologies at DefenseScoop. She began covering defense as a staff reporter for National Defense Magazine, and prior to that was a reporter and assistant editor for the Columbia Missourian, where she covered Missouri state politics. She holds a bachelor’s in Russian language and literature from the University of Michigan and a master’s in journalism from the University of Missouri.

Jeff Foust, SpaceNews

Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science from the California Institute of Technology.

Theresa Hitchens, Breaking Defense

Theresa Hitchens is the Senior reporter, Space at Breaking Defense. The former Defense News editor was a senior research associate at the University of Maryland’s Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM). Before that, she spent six years in Geneva, Switzerland as director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR).

Joey Roulette, Reuters

Joey Roulette is a journalist for Reuters covering the space industry, NASA and international space relations. Writing about space matters since 2018, Joey has previously reported for The New York Times, the Verge and as a freelancer in his home state of Florida, where he also covered politics and surveillance technology until 2019. He received a Bachelor’s in International Relations from the University of Central Florida in 2018 and currently lives in Washington, D.C. To reach Joey, share a confidential tip or just chat about space stuff, you can email him at joey.roulette@thomsonreuters.com or hit him up on Signal at jrou.41.

Registration closes on Wednesday, January 22nd at 10am ET.