Wendy Whitman Cobb
@drwhitmancobb.bsky.social
Come for the space policy, stay for the cat photos. All posts are my own opinion.
Excited to share my new article: “Costly Signals in Space: Increasing Credibility via Strategic Disclosure.”
I look at how transparency—used carefully—can strengthen U.S. space deterrence by boosting credibility and shaping adversary expectations.
digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/spaceanddefe...
I look at how transparency—used carefully—can strengthen U.S. space deterrence by boosting credibility and shaping adversary expectations.
digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/spaceanddefe...
Costly Signals in Space: Increasing Credibility via Strategic Disclosure
As space becomes an increasingly vital domain for national security, debates persist about how much secrecy should surround U.S. military space programs. This article argues that the strategic declass...
digitalcommons.unomaha.edu
December 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Excited to share my new article: “Costly Signals in Space: Increasing Credibility via Strategic Disclosure.”
I look at how transparency—used carefully—can strengthen U.S. space deterrence by boosting credibility and shaping adversary expectations.
digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/spaceanddefe...
I look at how transparency—used carefully—can strengthen U.S. space deterrence by boosting credibility and shaping adversary expectations.
digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/spaceanddefe...
🚀 Big news! I’m cohosting Books to Battles, a brand new podcast from the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS)—and our first episode is out today!
We’ll explore what’s happening at SAASS, from student and faculty research to conversations on strategy and national security. 1/3
We’ll explore what’s happening at SAASS, from student and faculty research to conversations on strategy and national security. 1/3
July 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🚀 Big news! I’m cohosting Books to Battles, a brand new podcast from the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS)—and our first episode is out today!
We’ll explore what’s happening at SAASS, from student and faculty research to conversations on strategy and national security. 1/3
We’ll explore what’s happening at SAASS, from student and faculty research to conversations on strategy and national security. 1/3
My take on Jared Isaacman’s nomination for NASA administrator via @us.theconversation.com
Jared Isaacman, a billionaire who’s flown to orbit twice, is nominated to be NASA’s next leader. A space strategy professor explains how his experience might shape the future of lunar and Mars exploration: buff.ly/qQxs4lQ @drwhitmancobb.bsky.social, Air University 🛰️
April 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
My take on Jared Isaacman’s nomination for NASA administrator via @us.theconversation.com
Reposted by Wendy Whitman Cobb
Trump’s nomination for NASA leader boasts business and commercial spaceflight experience during a period of uncertainty for the agency
Trump’s nomination for NASA leader boasts business and commercial spaceflight experience during a period of uncertainty for the agency
Billionaire CEO Jared Isaacman has worked closely with SpaceX. He expressed an interest in sending missions to both the Moon and Mars if confirmed.
theconversation.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Trump’s nomination for NASA leader boasts business and commercial spaceflight experience during a period of uncertainty for the agency
Reposted by Wendy Whitman Cobb
Women are reclaiming their place in baseball
Women are reclaiming their place in baseball
Many Americans see baseball as a sport for men and softball as a sport for women. It wasn’t always this way in the US – and it isn’t that way in the rest of the world.
buff.ly
March 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Women are reclaiming their place in baseball
Reposted by Wendy Whitman Cobb
NEW EVENT🚨
Our Astropolitics Working Group have a new book talk with @drwhitmancobb.bsky.social & Prof Derrick V Frazier of the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies discussing their new book 'Space Policy in the 21st Century'
6 Mar
Register: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
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Our Astropolitics Working Group have a new book talk with @drwhitmancobb.bsky.social & Prof Derrick V Frazier of the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies discussing their new book 'Space Policy in the 21st Century'
6 Mar
Register: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
@bleddb.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW EVENT🚨
Our Astropolitics Working Group have a new book talk with @drwhitmancobb.bsky.social & Prof Derrick V Frazier of the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies discussing their new book 'Space Policy in the 21st Century'
6 Mar
Register: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
@bleddb.bsky.social
Our Astropolitics Working Group have a new book talk with @drwhitmancobb.bsky.social & Prof Derrick V Frazier of the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies discussing their new book 'Space Policy in the 21st Century'
6 Mar
Register: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
@bleddb.bsky.social
Reposted by Wendy Whitman Cobb
#BlueOrigin's #New Glenn rocket reached orbit after 15 years of development, marking a milestone for Jeff Bezos' #space company and the commercial space industry. https://buff.ly/3DXFUTX (@drwhitmancobb.bsky.social, Air University)
Bezos’ Blue Origin has successfully launched its New Glenn rocket to orbit − a feat 15 years in the making
Even without recovering New Glenn’s reusable booster, Blue Origin has joined the ranks of commercial companies with rockets able to launch into orbit.
buff.ly
January 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
#BlueOrigin's #New Glenn rocket reached orbit after 15 years of development, marking a milestone for Jeff Bezos' #space company and the commercial space industry. https://buff.ly/3DXFUTX (@drwhitmancobb.bsky.social, Air University)
If I’m dragging today, it’s because I woke up for Blue Origin’s first launch of New Glenn! My discussion of the achievement for @us.theconversation.com:
Bezos’ Blue Origin has successfully launched its New Glenn rocket to orbit − a feat 15 years in the making
Even without recovering New Glenn’s reusable booster, Blue Origin has joined the ranks of commercial companies with rockets able to launch into orbit.
theconversation.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If I’m dragging today, it’s because I woke up for Blue Origin’s first launch of New Glenn! My discussion of the achievement for @us.theconversation.com:
Attending the @spsanews.bsky.social conference and saw a great idea: providing a QR code linked to your paper so the audience can follow along during a presentation. Will definitely be adopting it in the future!
January 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Attending the @spsanews.bsky.social conference and saw a great idea: providing a QR code linked to your paper so the audience can follow along during a presentation. Will definitely be adopting it in the future!
On the occasion of the US Space Force’s upcoming 5th birthday, I wrote about the emerging myths of its founding and the need to remember its very political birth. After all, federal employees have the Space Force to thank for their paid parental leave!
Founding Myths of the Space Force and the Need to Remember Political Reality - Over The Horizon Journal
The US Space Force has made progress since its 2019 establishment with the help of political trade-offs. This political context is often downplayed in narratives emphasizing strategic necessity. Ackno...
othjournal.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:35 PM
On the occasion of the US Space Force’s upcoming 5th birthday, I wrote about the emerging myths of its founding and the need to remember its very political birth. After all, federal employees have the Space Force to thank for their paid parental leave!
Reposted by Wendy Whitman Cobb
What does the #NASA administrator do? The agency’s leader reaches for the stars while navigating budgets and politics back on #Earth https://buff.ly/4g0hDdN 🛰️
What does the NASA administrator do? The agency’s leader reaches for the stars while navigating budgets and politics back on Earth
NASA administrators have hard choices to make, but the outcomes are often out-of-this-world exciting.
buff.ly
December 6, 2024 at 4:58 PM
What does the #NASA administrator do? The agency’s leader reaches for the stars while navigating budgets and politics back on #Earth https://buff.ly/4g0hDdN 🛰️
While there have been a lot of great takes on Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator, I did a brief explainer piece on the role of the administrator for @us.theconversation.com.
What does the NASA administrator do? The agency’s leader reaches for the stars while navigating budgets and politics back on Earth
NASA administrators have hard choices to make, but the outcomes are often out-of-this-world exciting.
theconversation.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:47 PM
While there have been a lot of great takes on Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator, I did a brief explainer piece on the role of the administrator for @us.theconversation.com.
Tis the season for gingerbread rockets and space shuttles!
December 6, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Tis the season for gingerbread rockets and space shuttles!
Finally! Thrilled to announce that I now have a website where all of my published research is posted along with my CV and links to books and media appearances. It won’t be updated super frequently, but I will continue to post new research as it’s available!
wendywhitmancobb.space
Dr. Wendy Whitman Cobb
Professor of Strategy and Security Studies
wendywhitmancobb.space
December 2, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Finally! Thrilled to announce that I now have a website where all of my published research is posted along with my CV and links to books and media appearances. It won’t be updated super frequently, but I will continue to post new research as it’s available!
wendywhitmancobb.space
What does a turkey say in space?
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble!
Happy Thanksgiving all!
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble!
Happy Thanksgiving all!
November 28, 2024 at 2:18 PM
What does a turkey say in space?
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble!
Happy Thanksgiving all!
Hubble, Hubble, Hubble!
Happy Thanksgiving all!
While I’ve never been a huge fan of SLS, I’m even less of a fan of turning over control of the civilian space program to a commercial company which a move like this would seem to suggest.
November 13, 2024 at 5:16 PM
While I’ve never been a huge fan of SLS, I’m even less of a fan of turning over control of the civilian space program to a commercial company which a move like this would seem to suggest.
Transitioning here from the other place. By way of brief intro, I’m a political scientist who studies US space policy, commercial space, etc. All views are my own but they sometimes come with cute cat pics. So meet Sally!
November 12, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Transitioning here from the other place. By way of brief intro, I’m a political scientist who studies US space policy, commercial space, etc. All views are my own but they sometimes come with cute cat pics. So meet Sally!