Matias Cava

Space Policy Analyst, Office of Space Commerce
NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce (Contractor)

Matias Cava is a Space Policy Analyst in the Office of Space Commerce’s Policy, Advocacy, and International Division. He focuses on domestic space policy issues, including efforts to reform U.S. regulatory systems and address “mission authorization” for novel space activities.

Matias comes to OSC from the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation, where he worked as an attorney on launch and re-entry licensing and regulation. He also spent two years as part of the team working on The Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Operations. During his time as a law student, he also had the opportunity to work as a law clerk at the FCC Space Bureau. 

Matias received his undergraduate degree from McGill University. He holds a law degree from the University of Nebraska with a concentration in Space, Cyber, and National Security Law.