# Space Power: Space Force West Scholars Axed. What’s The Future for Senior Professional Military Education?

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Podcast: [The DownLink Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-downlink-podcast-5457589)
Published: 2026-03-13T19:57:46+00:00
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Three years after the U.S. Space Force established the West Scholars program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), the Pentagon is killing this highly tailored and unique space-minded Senior Professional Military Education fellowship, along with other graduate-level opportunities at 21 other universities and think tanks. Laura Winter speaks with Joel Mozer, the first United States Space Force Director of Science, Technology and Research; and Lamont Colucci, Director of Concordia University’s National Security and Space Center, and the United States Space Force’s inaugural Director of Doctrine Development.

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