We congratulate Kimi (Space Policy Institute Non-Resident Scholar Kimitake Nakamura) for his newest book “Norm Formation in Space Law”, to be selected as the IAA Social Sciences Book Award 2025.
The IAA Social Sciences Book Award is an annual honor presented by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). It recognizes excellence in publication within the field of social sciences related to astronautics, space policy, and space law. The award is typically given to a member or corresponding member of the Academy whose book demonstrates outstanding scholarly achievement or significant impact in these disciplines.
Thank you for attending the Book Launch event. Please see the recordings HERE
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The Moorman Center for Space Studies, the independent think tank within the National Security Space Association, and Space Policy Institute is pleased to announce a book launch event about the publication of a timely new book entitled, CONTESTED SPACE: ENSURING EFFECTIVE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE CAPABILITIES IN AN INCREASINGLY CONTESTED ENVIRONMENT.
Tuesday, July 15 10:30am – 1:00pm EST
Location: Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 E St NW suite 602
According to Christopher Williams (Vice President and Chair of the NSSA Moorman Center for Space Studies), “Given the serious challenges to the established international order posed by the Axis of Authoritarians, now is the time to rapidly modernize U.S. national security space policy, strategy, organizations, and capabilities. This book is chock full of actionable recommendations for the Trump administration and the U.S. Congress on how to better posture the U.S. national security space enterprise to assure U.S. space dominance in the face of increasingly sophisticated threats to critical U.S. space systems.”
The International Space University recently published the report following the Expert Conference on International Cooperation in Deep Space Exploration, hosted by the Space Policy Institute on 3-5 December 2024.
This Expert Conference was generously funded by The John Templeton Foundation and forms part of Grant #62772 The Future of International Cooperation in Deep Space Exploration.
The purpose of this Expert Conference was to facilitate a multi-stakeholder dialogue about the future of exploration in deep space. The conference satisfied a desire for more conversations around ethics, national and environmental security, and the integration of emerging space countries into the conversation, as well as international cooperation, space diplomacy and policy issues relating to space exploration.
Thank you for joining us on the panel discussion with author Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau, joined with Clay Mowry(AIAA) and Tina Highfill(DoC/BEA).
The event was moderated by Dr. Scott Pace, Director of the Space Policy Institute.
Location: Elliot School of International Affairs, 1957 E St NW suite 602
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Matt Weinzierl is a professor at Harvard Business School, serving as Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA Program, and the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration. He is the founder of the Economics of Space project and the SPACE course at HBS, and he serves as a frequent advisor on space to government agencies, companies, and investors. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and previously he worked at McKinsey & Company and the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Throughout this work, he seeks to use the tools of economics to help humanity responsibly realize the promise of space.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Brendan Rosseau is a Strategy Manager for Orbital Launch at Blue Origin. He previously served as a Teaching Fellow and Research Associate at Harvard Business School, and as a consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton supporting Space Systems Command. He has been recognized by several industry groups as a leading young professional in the space industry, and is dedicated to using space technologies to bring about a more prosperous, peaceful, and expansive future.
PANELIST GUEST
Dr. Tina Highfill is a Senior Research Economist at the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) within the U.S. Department of Commerce.
In her 20+ years at the BEA, Dr. Highfill has led critical, nonpartisan research informing our understanding of the U.S. economy, including the development of new U.S. economic statistics, including gross domestic product (GDP) and gross output for small businesses, the space economy, the digital economy, and environmental goods and services. Dr. Highfill is particularly known for her expertise in measuring and understanding the space economy, a topic on which she’s published several leading papers. Dr. Highfill received her doctorate from Virginia Commonwealth University, a Master’s from Johns Hopkins, and a Bachelor’s from Virginia Tech.
PANELIST GUEST
Clay Mowry is the CEO of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and a globally recognized space industry executive.
Before joining AIAA, Clay’s career spanned the commercial launch and satellite sectors as a senior executive for leading space companies and trade associations. Clay currently also serves also as president of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the world’s leading space nonprofit. Clay has held executive leadership roles in the dynamic commercial space ecosystem, spurring innovation and achieving operational successes. Most recently, he served as an advisor to space habitation technology company Vast. Previously, he worked as chief revenue officer at Voyager Space, a satellite, national security, and space station technology company. Earlier, Clay led global sales at Blue Origin, providing commercial and government customers with safe and affordable space transportation services with the reusable New Shepard and New Glenn launch vehicles. He spent 15 years as president and chairman of Arianespace, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of a leading global launch services company.
His paper, “Kennedy’s Hidden Stimulus: The Experimental Economics of the Decision to Go to the Moon”, presents original research that reveals a previously unknown economic dimension of President Kennedy’s deliberations, and a quiet experimental $10 billion federal stimulus program that has gone unnoticed for nearly 65 years. The paper shines new light on the role of the administration’s Council of Economic Advisors, and adds depth to our understanding of one of the most consequential decisions in space history. The paper may be read in full here, and SPI sends thanks to Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly for providing it to our readers.
Thank you for joining us on the discussion with author Dean Cheng, SPI non-resident scholar, on the topic of his latest book, “China and the new Moon Race”
Click HERE to download the pdf version of the Book!
Tuesday, January 14 · 3:00pm – 4:30pm EST
Location: Elliot School of International Affairs, 1957 E St NW suite 602
Adjunct Prof. Matt Jenkins has published a chapter in the book, “The Militarization & Weaponization of Space—Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”, as a contributing author in the Routledge Handbook of Space Policy, ISBN 9781032378794
Norm Formation in Space Law is the newest book from Space Policy Institute Non-Resident Scholar Kimitake Nakamura. The executive summary is available in English; for Japanese speakers, additional information is available on the publisher’s website.
SPI Director, Scott Pace, was a private sector advisor on the US delegation to the 2022 plenary meeting of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in Vienna, Austria. He also attended a reception celebrating France signing the Artemis Accords and further attended the 2022 Prague Security Studies Institute conference in Prague, Czech republic. The organizer of the conference is SPI alum Jana Robinson who was joined by SPI faculty Pete Hays and SPI alum Peter Marquez of Amazon Web Services and Col. Taro Sato of the Japanese Cabinet Office on space policy.
