Entropy and Empire: From Expansion to Endurance as the Measure of Spacepower
Scott Mackie
9 February 2026Long Read
Space is not a frontier to be conquered, but a hostile system requiring continuous management at compounding cost. Courtesy of Tryfonov/Adobe Stock
This paper argues that the true determinant of 21st-century spacepower is not expansion or weaponisation, but the ability to sustain presence against entropy.
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