SPI Student Adam Stegall Published in Quest, Receives Honorable Mention for Sacknoff Prize for Space History

SPI student Adam Stegall was published in the peer-reviewed journal, Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, and received an honorable mention for the Sacknoff Prize for Space History.

Picture of Adam Stegall

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.

Congratulations Adam!

Book Launch: China and the new Moon Race, featuring author Dean Cheng (SPI non-resident scholar)

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

SPI Director, Scott Pace, Summer Space Events

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.

Past and Future: An Analysis of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation Forecasts

The ISTP Capstone Project, “Past and Future: An Analysis of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation Forecasts” by Nathan Boll, Michael Sloan, and Erika Solem, compiles key data for commercial space launch metrics from 1995-2017 and uses retrospective analysis to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of previous FAA Commercial Space Transportation Forecasts.