Laser Directed Energy Propulsion: Building the High-Speed Space Transportation Network for the Cislunar Economy and Interstellar Future

Strategic Context: Laser Propulsion and the New Space Transportation Revolution The next great revolution in space exploration will not be defined solely by bigger rockets or more powerful engines, but by the ability to separate propulsion from the spacecraft itself. As global space powers compete to establish permanent lunar bases, exploit cislunar resources, deploy space-based…