Space Policy Institute

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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Distinguished European Space Scientist Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund Joins Space Policy Institute Faculty

Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund, who over the past two decades has pursued a distinguished space science career in Europe and the United States, has joined the Space Policy Institute as a Research Professor of Space Policy. Most recently, Dr. Ehrenfreund was Professor at the Institute of Chemistry at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands, where she directed the university's Astrobiology Laboratory.
While at the Space Policy Institute, Dr. Ehrenfreund will manage a NASA grant on "The Policy Aspects of Astrobiology." In particular, develop concepts based on recent scientific data on how ecosystems respond to rapid rates of change and examine possible directions by which the Earth and its biosphere (including humans) will co-evolve in the future. She will also develop concepts for managing international space collaboration in the next decades in the framework of cross-cultural management.

In the picture Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund

For more information on Dr. Ehrenfreund, click here.
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Space Policy Institute hosts Professor Stephen Hawking and Lucy Hawking for a lecture on
'Why Go Into Space.'

On April 21, 2008, the Space Policy Institute co-hosted, along with Lockheed Martin and NASA, a lecture by world-renowned Professor Stephen Hawking of Cambridge University and his daughter Lucy Hawking on "Why Go Into Space?" This was the third is a series of lectures commemorating NASA's fifty years of operations. The lecture took place in the Morton Auditorium on the GW campus and was attended by over 250 people, including NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale and GW President Steven Knapp. It was televised live by C-Span and NASA Television and received wide media coverage.
For a transcript and video of the lecture, click here.

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John M. Logsdon co-authors tribute to Arthur C. Clarke

Space Policy Institute Director John M. Logsdon and SPI Faculty Associate Joseph Pelton co-authored a remembrance of author and futurist Arthur C. Clarke, who passed away on March 19, 2008, that appeared in the April 11 edition of Science magazine. To see the tribute, click here.

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New Course - Fall 2009

IAFF 258-13 The Politics of Earth and Space Science, Wednesday, 5:10-7:00, Professor Hartman

Since the era of Apollo, NASA has been searching for a unifying vision that would energize the public's thirst for knowledge about the cosmos. NASA's past visions for space and Earth science, as well as the Agency as a whole, have met with varied degrees of success. The prioritization of the space and Earth science program has been recently debated in the media, in the White House, and in educational institutions without a clear resolution. A new vision must balance and prioritize the Nation's efforts in areas that range from understanding Earth's global climate change to searching for life on extra-solar planets to cataloging Near Earth Objects to investigating the nature of 74% of all energy in the Universe, the elusive Dark Energy. Most importantly, a new vision must be accepted by a wide-range of stakeholders, starting with NASA and science community leaders but continuing through OMB, OSTP, the White House, and finally Congressional members and their key staff, before it can finally be enacted.

This course will review the history of NASA visions with special emphasis on space and Earth science in order to determine the characteristics of a winning vision and an accompanying prioritization scheme. Exercises will be employed to give students practical knowledge to achieve the course's two major goals: firstly, for students to master a broad understanding of current space and Earth science policy issues and, secondly, for students to take away a tool kit of strategic approaches to successfully advocate their ideas and negotiate within the Federal bureaucracy.
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Space Policy Institute and European Space Policy Institute to Work Together on Analysis of Trans-Atlantic Space Relations.

The Space Policy Institute and the Vienna-based European Space Policy Institute announced on February 25 their intent to collaborate on studies and other activities related to trans-Atlantic space relationships. As the only two think tanks in the world focused solely on space issues, the two organizations agree that trans-Atlantic space relations are at an important juncture. There is a rare window of opportunity to reinvigorate the oldest alliance in space and to break new ground in trans-Atlantic space cooperation. If there is to be a revitalization and enhancement of the trans-Atlantic space relationship, there are a number of pressing issues that should be addressed. It is the intent of the European Space Policy Institute and the Space Policy Institute to work together to the fullest extent feasible in addressing these issues.
As an initial step in their collaboration, the two Institutes have prepared a joint memorandum discussing the past and current character of trans-Atlantic space relationships and suggesting several specific areas for initial collaboration.

To view a copy of this memorandum, click here.
For more information on the European Space Policy Institute, click here
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Colleen Hartman Joins Space Policy Institute as Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs

After a distinguished 27-year career at NASA and NOAA, most recently as the Deputy Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate (second in command for all space science), Dr. Colleen Hartman joined the Space Policy Institute in mid-January. She comes to GW on loan from NASA for at least two years. Dr. Hartman will teach a course on "Space and Global Climate Change" in the Fall 2008 term while pursuing her own research on the management of planetary exploration programs, space and earth science challenges both domestically and internationally, and recruitment and retention issues for engineers and scientists in the United States.
For a biographical sketch of Dr. Hartman, click here.
To email Dr. Hartman, click here.

In the picture Dr. Colleen Hartman
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ESSAYS ON “COLLECTIVE SECURITY IN SPACE: ASIAN PERSPECTIVES” PUBLISHED

On April 23-24, 2007, the Space Policy Institute, in collaboration with the Tokyo-based Research Institute for Peace and Security and the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute for International Studies, convened a workshop on “Collective Security in Space” in Tokyo. This was the first multilateral discussion of space security issues held in Japan, and perhaps in the Asia-Pacific region. Speakers at the workshop came from Malaysia, Australia, India, China, South Korea, Japan, and the United States. The papers resulting from this workshop have now been published as John M. Logsdon and James Clay Moltz, eds., Collective Security in Space: Asian Perspectives.
To view the table of contents of this publication, click here
To order a free copy of the publication, send an e-mail with your address to spi@gwu.edu
This publication is a complement to the January 2007 book Collective Security in Space: European Perspectives.
To view the table of contents of that publication, click here.
To download an electronic copy of the earlier publication, click here
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SPACE POLICY INSTITUTE HOSTS JANUARY 24
WORKSHOP ON “THE STATE OF SPACE SECURITY"

The Space Policy Institute, in partnership with the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, and the Secure World Foundation hosted a January 24 workshop on “The State of Space Security.” A diverse audience of approximately 150 persons heard a full day of presentations and discussions aimed at providing an overview of recent specific positive steps towards collective space security, defined as secure and sustainable access to and use of outer space in accordance with international laws and treaties, free from threat of disruption. Financial support for the workshops was provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, with additional contributions from the Secure World Foundation, the Ploughshares Fund, and Ball Aerospace.
January 24, 2008
Jack Morton Auditorium, 805 21st Street NW Washington, DC

For a summary of the workshop prepared by Anna Burzykowska,
who is visiting the Space Policy Institute from the Polish Space Office, click here.
Click here to see the Presentations
Click here to see the agenda

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Spring 2008 Courses
IAFF 248.10 Issues in U.S. Space Policy: Achieving Space Security

IAFF 258.12 - "Space Law"
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Elliott School's Space Policy Institute a Large Presence at the 58th International Astronautical Congress, Hyderabad, India . Law School Teams Wins Moot Court Competition

Among the almost 2,000 space leaders from government and industry who gathered in Hyderabad, India on September 24-28 for the leading annual international space meeting were all three faculty members of the Elliott School's Space Policy Institute - Director John Logsdon and Professors Ray Williamson and Henry Hertzfeld . They were joined by two recent Elliott School graduates, Audrey Schaffer and Ian Christensen, and three current students, Jason Hay, Emma Hinds, and Angela Peura. All five students concentrated their graduate studies on space policy issues. Logsdon and Williamson presented papers at the Congress. Hertzfeld coached a team of GW Law School students (David Western and Magin Puig) in the Manfred Lachs International Space Law Moot Court Competition to victories over opponents from Europe and Australia. Hinds represented GW at a meeting of the Space Generation Advisory Council in the days just preceding the Congress. Schaffer and Christensen presented separate papers, and Hay and Puera combined for a joint presentation. Travel support was provided for Hinds, Hay, Christensen, and Peura by the U.S.-India Science and Technology Foundation, and for Schaffer, Western, and Puig by NASA.

In the picture from left to right Ian Christensen, Emma Hinds, Angela Peura

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In the picture from left to right: David J. Western, Magin Puig-Monsen, and Henry R. Hertzfeld, Faculty Advisor

On Saturday, March 31, 2007 the GW team won the North American Competition in the Manfred Lachs International Space Law Moot Court Competition. GWU competed against 8 other schools from the U.S. and Canada; the competition was held in Washington at the Georgetown Univ. Law School. GWU won all of the awards: best oralist (David J. Western), best team brief, and best team.
The GWU team then competed in the last week of September for the world title against the winner of the European competition, Leiden University of the Netherlands, and the winner of the Asia/Pacific competition, Singapore University, in Hyderabad, India. This competition was sponsored by the International Institute of Space Law. and the competition was held in conjunction with the annual International Astronautical Federation Congress. Arguing before three judges from the International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands, the GW team was declared the global winner in this year’s competition.

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John M. Logsdon to Step Down as Space Policy Institute Director in May 2008. Recruitment for Successor Underway

Professor John M. Logsdon, who has directed the Space Policy Institute since its inception in 1987, will step down from his position at the end of the 2007-2008 academic year. Dr. Logsdon has been a GW faculty member since 2007 and Professor Emeritus since 2006. During 2008-2009, he will be Charles A. Lindberg Chair of Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.
The Space Policy Institute will continue its teaching, research and outreach activities after Dr. Logsdon’s departure. A nationwide search for his successor is underway.

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Research Professor Henry Hertzfeld Interviewed on Wall Street Journal Law Blog

A letter from Research Professor Henry Hertzfeld commenting on space law education was published in the October 18, 2007 print edition of The Wall Street Journal. The letter led to Professor Hertzfeld being interviewed for the Journal’s law blog. To see the interview, click here.

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Space Policy Institute Director Interviewed by Japanese Space Agency JAXA

A lengthy interview with Institute Director John Logsdon was posted on the web site of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA in December 2006, To view the interview, click here.

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New Event:

TOKYO WORKSHOP DISCUSSES ASIAN PERSPECTIVES ON SPACE SECURITY

On April 23-24, almost 50 space analysts, industry representatives, and government officials from Japan, South Korea, China, India, Malaysia, Australia and the United States met in Tokyo to discuss their varying perspectives on how best to make space access and use secure for all who would use the space environment for peaceful purposes. This workshop was part of the Space Policy Institute’s “Collective Security in Space” project. The project’s goal is to broaden the global community of analysts and government officials discussing various suggestions on the best ways to assure space security, with the end result being an increasing consensus on which approaches are toward achieving a space environment free of threats to peaceful uses of space. The Tokyo workshop was co-sponsored by the Center for Non-Proliferation of the Monterey Institute of International Studies and the Tokyo-based Research Institute for Peace and Security. Financial support for the “Collective Security in Space” project was provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The Secure World Foundation also sent several representatives to the workshop. Workshop papers will be published later this year.
To see a copy of the workshop agenda and view workshop presentations, click here.
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New Publication:

The Space Policy Institute is pleased to announce the publication of Collective Security in Space: European Perspectives, edited by John M. Logsdon, James Clay Moltz, and Emma S. Hinds. This publication is the latest product of the Institute's “Collective Security in Space” project. To see a table of contents, click here. To download an electronic copy of the publication, click here. To request a paper copy of the publication, send an e-mail to spi@gwu.edu

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John Logsdon Recipient of 2006 Barry M. Goldwater Space Educator Award

Research Professor Ray Williamson Becomes Editor of Imaging Notes
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RECENT EVENTS
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The Contribution of Satellite Data to Efficient Freshwater Management
March 13 - 14, 2007
Washington, DC

Collective Security in Space: European Perspectives on Acceptable Approaches
an international workshop
May 15 - 16, 2006
Paris, France
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PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE
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Recent Publications:
Human Space Flight and National Power
John M. Logsdon
March 2007

The Moon is a Land Without Sovereignty: Will it be a Business-Friendly Environment?
Henry R. Herzfeld
March 2007

Collective Security in Space: European Perspectives
January 2007

Perspectives on Space Security
December 2005

Launch Vehicles: An Economic Perspective
Henry R. Hertzfeld, Ray A. Williamson and Nicolas Peter
September 2005

Proceedings of the Space Exploration and International Cooperation Symposium
June 2004

Space Weapons: Are They Needed?
John M. Logsdon and Gordon Adams, eds.
October 2003

Earlier Publications:

Remote Sensing for Transportation Security (a workshop report)
Sponsored by the Consortium for Safety, Hazards, and Disaster Assessment
March 2002

Space and Military Power in East Asia:
The Challenge and Opportunity of Dual-Purpose Space Technologies
Ray Williamson and Rebecca Jimerson, ed.
December 2001

Dual-Purpose Space Technologies:
Opportunities and Challenges for U.S. Policymaking
Ray Williamson, ed.
July 2001

Publications are available free of charge. To request a copy, click here.
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