Events – 2013


The Humans to Mars Summit

co-sponsored with Explore Mars Inc.
May 6-8, 2013
Lisner Auditorium
George Washington University

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Science, Technology and Exploration: Research for Today, Training for Tomorrow

co-sponsored with the Universities Space Research Association
March 28, 2013
Capitol Holiday Inn
550 C Street SW
Washington, DC

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Columbia + 10: Lessons Learned and Unlearned

co-sponsored with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics March 8, 2013
Continental Ballroom
Marvin Center Third Floor
800 21st Street NW
Washington, DC

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Politics, Science and the Media: Advancing the public interest or special interests?
featuring Dr. Linda Billings

co-sponsored with the GW School of Media and Public Affairs
February 5, 2013

Dr. Linda Billings discussed the politics of the U.S. space program and the key issues that form the basis of how we understand space exploration. She also addressed the role of largely unknown but powerful organizations like the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academy of Sciences and the media's tendency to rely on their expertise.

News

GWU Faculty Honored at AIAA Awards Gala

SPI Professor Emeritus John Logsdon Writes Feature Article in Quest

SPI Director Scott Pace Gives Ohio State Universite Lecture on 'Frontiers of Innovation in Human Space Flight'

SPI Director Scott Pace Discusses the Future of US Space Policy at CFR Live Meeting

SPI Visiting Scholar Speaks at JAXA Washington Office

SPI Director Scott Pace Writes Guest Blog for The Diplomat

George Washington University Team Competes in Quarter Finals of 2013 North American Space Law Moot Court Competition

SPI Alumna to Moderate NASA's First Spanish Language Google+ Hangout

C-SPAN, SpacePolicyOnline, The Space Review and Aviation Week cover SPI-AIAA Event, "Columbia+10: Lessons Learned and Unlearned"

SPI Professor Henry Hertzfeld interviewed on The Space Show

Papers by SPI Faculty named in Science Direct's Top 25 Hottest Articles from Advances in Space Research for 2012

SPI Director Scott Pace cited by Der Spiegel

SPI Students Discuss Space Policy

Space Policy Institute and Secure World Foundation Release 'A Guide to Space Law Terms'

SPI Professor Emeritus John Logsdon speaks in panel on the need for a definitive U.S. space policy

SPI Director Scott Pace testifies before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

SPI Hosts Workshop on "Developing a Responsible Environmental Regime for Celestial Bodies"

Space Policy Challenges Facing the Second Obama Administration

SPI Professor Emeritus John Logsdon discusses the possibility of a new direction in space exploration in the second term of the Obama Administration

SPI Professor Pascale Ehrenfreund named to the National Research Council Committee on Human Spaceflight

SPI Director Scott Pace weighs in on the space policies of the Presidential candidates in Space News

SPI student and faculty present at 63rd International Astronautical Conference in Naples, Italy

SPI Director Scott Pace interviewed on Russian television news program

SPI Director Scott Pace and SPI Associate Professor Kris Lehnhardt participated in the Deep Space: Relaunching American Exceptionalism discussion on the Hill

SPI Director Scott Pace featured at the 2012 Spectrum Management Conference

SPI Director Scott Pace featured at the Washington Space Business Roundtable lunch

SPI Visiting Scholar Chris Gilbert published in Space News

SPI Professor Henry Hertzfeld interviewed on WUSA9

SPI Director Scott Pace published on 38North.org

SPI Director Scott Pace published in the Harvard International Review

SPI Professor Emeritus John Logsdon traces the earlier "survival crisis" of the planetary program

SPI Graduates Laura Delgado and Megan Ansdell are published in Space Policy

SPI Director Scott Pace interviewed on the Kojo Nnamdi Show

SPI Director Scott Pace provided testimony to the House Subcommittee on Aviation

SPI Professor Pascale Ehrenfreund published in Advances in Space Research

SPI Director Scott Pace writes a guest blog for Space News

2011 SPI Graduate Laura Delgado-Lopez interviewed on Mainstream Media Project

SPI Director Scott Pace published in Space News

SPI Professor Pascale Ehrenfreund published in Astrobiology Journal

SPI Director Scott Pace moderated the AIAA Plenary Session: NASA Science Missions in the Next Decade

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