Book Launch Event (July 15, 10:30am-1:00pm): “CONTESTED SPACE: ENSURING EFFECTIVE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE CAPABILITIES IN AN INCREASINGLY CONTESTED ENVIRONMENT”

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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.”

Copies of the book will be provided at the event and also available on the NSSA website after the event. Chapter titles include …

  • Key U.S. National Security Space Policy and Strategy Issues
  • Space Domain Rules of Engagement and International Law
  • Space Weapons, Diplomacy, and Arms Control: History, Issues and Prospects
  • Enhancing Defense and Intelligence Space Cooperation
  • U.S. Government Efforts to Leverage Commercial and International Space Capabilities
  • The U.S. National Security Space Enterprise’s Preparedness for Deterring or Prevailing in a Conflict With the People’s Republic of China”.

Please register from HERE

This event will be hybrid. The webinar LINK will be provided in the registration confirmation email.

International Cooperation in Deep Space Exploration : Expert Conference Report

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.

You can find the full report available in the ISU library here.

[Recordings Posted] Book Launch:”Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier”, featuring author Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau

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.

Click HERE to purchase the book.

Click HERE to watch the recordings (UPDATED!).

  • Tuesday, May 13 · 2:00pm – 4:00pm EST
  • 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.

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.