PRESS RELEASE

31 October 2025

DAUNTLESS takes great pleasure in announcing our new Managing Editor, Coen Williams. 

The DAUNTLESS editorial board voted unanimously to appoint Coen as DAUNTLESS’s second-ever Managing Editor.  Coen relieves Joshua Carlson who has served since 2021.  Joshua oversaw the publication of 13 articles integral to advancing American and allied spacepower. DAUNTLESS would never have left the ground without Joshua’s hard work, and he will remain on the editorial board.

Coen will draw upon his roots as a United States Space Force officer to lead DAUNTLESS as its Managing Editor and editorial board member. His contact email is coenwilliams@hotmail.com.

We invite bold thinkers on spacepower and theory to submit articles: https://dauntlessspace.org/how-to-submit.

—THE DAUNTLESS EDITORIAL BOARD, 31 October 2025

23 March 2023

Lt. Gen. John E. Shaw, U.S. Space Force, has joined the Editorial Board of DauntlessSpace.org. Dauntless is a non-government publication with no affiliations or financial ties to any private or public organizations. Dauntless is self-funded and is staffed by volunteers, who particpate in personal capacity, and Dauntless does not lobby for the U.S. government, commercial industry, or international allies.

Dauntless was established in 2021 by founder and editor-in-chief, Dr. Mir Sadat. For a complete list of the editorial board, visit https://dauntlessspace.org/our-team

Dauntless celebrates the U.S. Space Force leadership's commitment to Guardians to learn, debate, and evolve discourse over the broad spectrum of space issues. Chief of Space Operations, General Chance Saltzman recently said: "I want [Guardians] to have that foundation of debate and foundation of discussion on these important topics.” 

This commitment should encourage all aspiring space thinkers and authors. Dauntless invites high-quality, provocative submissions relevant to the ongoing conversation regarding U.S. and allied spacepower.  Dauntless is particularly interested in hearing from U.S. Space Force CGO and enlisted authors but welcomes submissions from all!

Visit Archive dauntlessspace.org for a list of recent articles.

Visit https://dauntlessspace.org/how-to-submit for details on article submissions.

Please contact Dauntless' Managing Editor, Josh Carlson at joshua.carlson0416@gmail.com with questions or requests for additional information. Revision to original 21 March 2023 press release.

 30 January, 2021

The Editorial Board of the Space Force Journal is very pleased to announce the launch of our inaugural issue, meant to honor the beginning of America’s Space Age on January 31, 1958 with the successful satellite launch of Explorer 1.

As the independent voice of Guardians, the Space Force Journal provides an inclusive forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of Spacepower to evolve Americans, and key partners, to retain strategic leadership in the space domain.  To this end, we intend to publish accessible, original, and interesting works from authors who are diverse in background but united in their shared desire to freely explore emerging space issues and help shape our thinking about Spacepower.

We were so very fortunate to receive a great number of excellent submissions from diverse authors located all around the world – so many that we’ve decided to publish our first issue, which provides a great example of this wide range of thought on strategic long-term and current-day issues:  

• A psychological analysis of the space relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China;
• An analysis of great power rivalry, viewed through the lens of outer space as a “Gray Zone” area of competition;
• Advocacy, based on historical precedent, for the U.S. military, specifically the Space Force, to take an appropriate role in space exploration and space resource development/exploitation;
• A how-to-guide for posturing the Space Force for future space operations to extend beyond geosynchronous orbit;  
• A historical examination of the importance of communication satellites in the context of the U.S. grand strategy during the early years of the Cold War;
• A discussion on the importance of early architectural decisions in the Space Force to help it better operate throughout the entire space domain;
• An argument that in the 21st century, education should be a national security priority;
• Consideration of the shadow science fiction, as a genre, casts over the Space Force and public’s perceptions of the Service – both from the perspective of expectations and current operational challenges; and
• A beginner’s introduction to Spacepower for those new to the topic of space warfare and strategic considerations of this domain.

As an independent voice of the Space Force, our volunteer editorial board seeks to include a broad spectrum of writings ranging from fully annotated research papers, to historical analyses, to cutting edge thought pieces, all written by members of the space community of any rank or seniority, scholars, enthusiasts, and international partners. 

We hope you enjoy the inaugural issue of the Space Force Journal!  We look forward with great excitement to both receiving further submissions and letters to the editor for publication consideration and releasing additional issues into the orbit of public discourse starting from right now until infinity . . . and beyond.

Semper Supra!