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“Back before any human had actually gone into space, the doctors weren’t sure they would survive,” said space policy expert John Logsdon. “It was all new territory.”

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“The Russian program is actually suffering the same problem as the US,” Logsdon says. “Their core engineers are retiring, and the young ones are attracted to more lucrative employment, or emigrating.”

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The Space Policy Institute cohosted The 2nd EU-US Space Policy Conference in conjunction with the Delegation of the European Union to the United States and the U.S. Department of State. The event featured several panels of speakers, including representatives from Virgin Galactic, Spire, Planetary Resources, Astrobotic, The US Department of State, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Defense, European External Action Service Special Envoy for Space, European Space Policy Institute and The Secure World Foundation.

Full conference proceedings can be found HERE.

Space Policy Institute graduate Kate Becker was presented with the Silver Sherman Award for her contributions to NOAA. The award recognizes individual performance above normal requirements, achievement of a milestone that contributed significantly or critically toward the attainment of a particular program goal, and/or demonstration of leadership toward process improvement of a significant magnitude.

“The Russian space sector is short of funding, and may be having difficulties maintaining its quality control standards,” said John Logsdon, a Planetary Society board member and professor emeritus of political science and international affairs at George Washington University.

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“The first 100 days will include a submission of a budget, and that budget will give important clues to the administration’s intentions,” Logsdon says.

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“It is very plausible to speculate that the new administration will insert a mission to the lunar surface, probably international in character, as a step on the way to Mars,” said John Logsdon.

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Dr. Logsdon’s 2015 book, After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program, was acknowledged as the year’s “best original contribution to the field of aeronautical or astronautical non-fiction literature.” He previously received the award for his 2010 book, John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon.

“Things are more complicated now than they’ve ever been,” says Logsdon. “Space activity would occur in the new NASA-Department of Defense-intelligence community framework.”

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Dr. Logsdon was interviewed by National Geographic regarding space law and accepted questions from viewers in a 15-minute session that amassed over 80,000 views.