About
the Lab

The Engineering Space Policy Laboratory (ESPL) at Georgia Tech is an interdisciplinary research group dedicated to engineering a more coordinated, sustainable, and secure outer space domain. Housed jointly in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering and the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, ESPL researchers study how space actors—from start-ups to superpowers—behave in an increasingly congested space environment. As a policy-impact laboratory, ESPL develops research products that inform space mission decision-making at the operator, state, and international levels.

Led by Prof. Thomas González Roberts, ESPL complements Georgia Tech’s world-class programming in both space systems engineering and outer space affairs as it prepares students to become leaders across the international space community.

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