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.
Category: Books, Book Chapters and Reports
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.
An Introduction to the Spaceport Industry. Runways to Space
Dr. Ruth Stilwell, an SPI non-resident scholar, co-authored the book “An Introduction to the Spaceport Industry. Runways to Space.” The book provides a contemporary look at spaceports, not only from relevant technological drivers, policies, and legal perspectives but also from impacts associated with airspace use and aviation stakeholders. The book can be pre-ordered here.
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.
Summary of 2016 in Space: The Significance of the Space Activities of Governments
SPI associate, Deganit Paikowski coauthored “Summary of 2016 in Space: The Significance of the Space Activities of Governments”, which reviews the main space events of 2016, and analyzes key trends in the space activity of states, in relation to matters such as industrial technological development, space research, and collaborations.
“Protein Crystallization for Drug Development: A Prospective Empirical Appraisal of Economic Effects of ISS Microgravity”
Institute for International Science and Technology Policy faculty member Nicholas Vonortas authored a chapter of NASA’s “Economic Development of Low Earth Orbit”.
After Apollo?: Richard Nixon and the American Space Program
Dr. John Logsdon’s award-winning 2015 book, “After Apollo?: Richard Nixon and the American Space Program” explores the decisions of the Nixon administration, including ending space exploration and approving the space shuttle.
The Survival Crisis of the U.S. Solar System Exploration Program in the 1980s
Dr. John Logsdon authored a chapter for Exploring the Solar System by Dr. Roger Launius titled, “The Survival Crisis of the U.S. Solar System Exploration Program in the 1980s”.
Economics and Financing of Communications Satellites
Dr. Henry Hertzfeld authored a chapter of the Handbook of Satellite Applications titled, “Economics and Financing of Communications Satellites”.
Missile Negotiations with North Korea – A Strategy for the Future
Dr. Scott Pace co-authored “Missile Negotiations with North Korea – A Strategy for the Future”, a U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS report that explores a policy strategy for North Korean ballistic threats.
