The stratosphere is no longer empty. High-altitude platform and suborbital spaceplane operations are booming, yet our management of “near-space” remains stuck in the last century. We cannot afford to postpone […]
Author Archives: Mathew Lewallen
Mathew Lewallen is an air traffic control specialist and aviation expert with over 11 years of experience in the U.S. Air Force. He currently serves as an international airspace manager (European Central Altitude Reservation Facility-EUCARF) at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, coordinating and de-conflicting flights across the Atlantic, and through European and African airspaces. Mathew holds a Master of Science in Space Studies from American Military University and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Aviation at Liberty University. His research focuses on integrating commercial space launches into national airspace systems.
