Rocket Dreams: Inside the New Space Race with Christian Davenport and former National Space Council leaders

September 26, 2025 • 12:00 – 1:30 pm EDT
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Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, Trillion-Dollar Space Race

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Please join the CSIS Aerospace Security Project on Friday, September 26, at 12:00 p.m. for a conversation with Christian Davenport on his latest book, Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, Trillion-Dollar Space Race. The program will begin with a fireside chat between Kari A. Bingen, Director of the Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow with the Defense and Security Department, and Christian Davenport, staff writer at The Washington Post

They will be joined by Dr. Scott Pace, Director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, and former Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council, and Chirag Parikh, President of Indutara Space LLC, and former Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council, both of whom played pivotal roles in the events chronicled in the book. Together, the panel will discuss the rivalries and alliances shaping the New Space Age, including lunar exploration, private sector innovation, and the strategic implications of international competition. The event will conclude with a book signing and reception.

This event is made possible through general support to CSIS.

Contact Information

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Kari Bingen
Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department
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Christian Davenport

Christian Davenport

Author, Rocket Dreams, and Staff Writer, The Washington Post
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Scott Pace

Scott Pace

Director, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University, and former Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary, National Space Council
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Chirag Parikh

Chirag Parikh

President, Indutara Space LLC, and former Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary, National Space Council