# Cislunar Frontier **Entity class:** Geostrategic concept **Domain:** Space / Security **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition The cislunar frontier is the volume of space between Earth and the Moon, including transfer routes, gravitational regions, and lunar orbit. ## Mechanism and significance As civil and military activity expands, navigation, communications, surveillance, logistics, and norms in this domain become strategic infrastructure. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#Autonomous Warfare and Strategic Systems|Autonomous Warfare and Strategic Systems]] - **Primary fields:** [[Autonomous Weapons]] · [[AI Superpower]] · [[Machine Succession]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[Distributed Autonomous System]] · [[Ocean-Floor Strategic Domain]] · [[Autonomous Warfare Combatant Command]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.