Category: News

Dr. Scott Pace provided comment to The New York Times on the failed SpaceX launch and the industry repercussions that may result.

Dr. Scott Pace recently visited Astrobotic Headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA. He’s pictured here with Space Policy Institute alum and VP for Business Development, Dan Hendrickson, as well as CEO, John Thornton.

SPI student Ryan Green’s paper for AABPA’s 2016 Marykathryn Kubat award, titled “Improving the Capital Budgeting Process for Federal Investments in Space”, was a finalist for best research paper by a masters candidate.

SPI student Nathan Boll will be giving the commencement address at the University of Montana Western on Saturday, May 7th. He is an alumnus of the University, which expects to set a record for number of degrees awarded at the institution this year.

Cptn. Hyejin An, of the Republic of Korea Air Force, made the case for a Korean Early Warning Satellite System in light of recent developments in North Korea’s threatening capabilities. The needs of the Republic of Korea were weighed against the capabilities offered by different systems.

Space Weather was the topic of the 2016 Universities Space Research Association symposium, held in conjunction with the Space Policy Institute.

The New Jersey Institute of Technology released an article summarizing the event. The widely-attended event proved very informative and speakers included:

Scott Pace

Tamara L. Dickinson

Daniel Baker

Patricia Doherty

Louis Lanzerotti

Ralph Stoffler

Devrie Intriligator

Steven Clarke

Therese Moretto Jorgensen

Thomas Berger

William Murtagh

 

Dr. Mazlan Othman, Former Director of UNOOSA, presented a talk on Malaysia’s Vision for Space and National Space Policy, as well as some of the issues that have emerged in the process of development and implementation of the National Space Policy.

See her presentation HERE.

The IFW2016 Team met with Dr. Scott Pace, Dr. Henry Hertzfeld, and Mr. Craig Dobson to discuss a variety of current regulatory and technical issues in space policy, particularly relating to Earth observation.

Space Policy Institute Research Faculty member, Pascale Ehrenfruend, was recently appointed as Chair of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) after being elected unanimously by all relevant committees. Further information on the announcement can be found on the DLR website.

SPI Director, Scott N. Pace, participated in a radio round-table hosted by NPR’s The Diane Rehm Show. Along with Dr. Pace was Joel Achenbach, Washington Post Science Writer, Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator, and Mike Gold, Bigelow Aerospace Director of D.C. Operations and Business Growth. The group discussed the history of humanity’s presence in space, its current state, as well as the many possibilities before it, both positive and negative.