SPI Director Scott Pace tesitfies at the Senate Subcommittee on Space and Science hearing about NASA Accountability and Oversight here at https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2022/2/nasa-accountability-and-oversight
Dr. Pace Senate Testimony
Category: Testimony, Presentations and Panel Appearances
February 23 Space Diplomacy Online Symposium
The Space Policy Institute is pleased to host an online symposium on space diplomacy. Two distinguished panels from the U.S. Department of State and major U.S. allies and partners will discuss the latest diplomatic developments affecting space exploration, space commerce, and space security. Panelists will discuss recent developments in the UN Guidelines on the Long-term Sustainability of Space Activities, a new UN Open-Ended Working Group on outer space security, the Artemis Accords for space exploration and development, measures to reduce the growing risk from orbital debris, and how international cooperation might evolve after the end of the International Space Station program in 2030.
Watch the recording: Space Diplomacy
Event Schedule and Speaker Biographies: Space Diplomacy Virtual Agenda 23 Feb 2022 #2
Panel Discussion featuring SPI Director Scott Pace: Ruling Space: Governance, Security, and Commerce as part of Network 20/20 Virtual Briefing Series
Panel Discussion featuring SPI Director Scott Pace: Ruling Space: Governance, Security, and Commerce as part of Network 20/20 Virtual Briefing Series
You can find this description of the event by Network 20/20 on their website. “In today’s rapidly advancing world, there are now 72 countries with space programs and dozens of major players in the private sector. A new space race is looming, teeming with emerging players eager to take part in a new phase of outer space competition and cooperation. As we transition from the age of discovery to that of security and commerce, what actions must the United States and its allies and partners take to safeguard the future of this global commons? What legal frameworks, investments, and new partnerships must be made or changed to enhance a rules-based international order in outer space? Join us on Monday, November 8th at 12:00 p.m. EDT to explore these questions with our distinguished speakers, Dr. Jessica West, Senior Researcher at the Canadian peace research institute Project Ploughshares; Dr. Scott Pace, Director of the Space Policy Institute and Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and Therese Jones, Senior Director of Policy at the Satellite Industry Association.”
You can watch the webinar at these links.
https://network2020.org/event/november-8/
Dr. Scott Pace: America’s Space Agenda – Seeking to Expand our Civilization and Ensure Space will be a Home of Free People
SPI Director Scott Pace is featured in a new podcast interview: “Dr. Scott Pace: America’s Space Agenda – Seeking to Expand our Civilization and Ensure Space will be a Home of Free People.” In this episode, Senior Fellow in Defense Studies Peter Garretson interviews Dr. Scott Pace, Director of the Space Policy Institute at the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and former Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council from 2017-2020. They discuss the criticality of broad and bipartisan consensus to sustainable space exploration and development. Next, follows a discussion on exploration policy, space as a warfighting domain, China, spacepower theory (Dolman’s Astropolitics vs Bowen’s Continental Seapower), arms control, the record of the National Space Council’s space policy directives, their rational and significance. The speakers cover the possible futures in space depending on whether we can live off the land and pay our own way leading to different analogies: settlements, ‘Everest’, ‘McMurdo’, and deep sea drilling platforms. They provide details about space property rights, development and industrialization, asteroid defense and how it is getting worked into the missions of the agencies such as NASA and DoD. Finally, they discuss opportunities available to the new administration and space council and define a space agenda worthy of our nation and its values. Listen here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/space-strategy/id1559865448?i=1000539066865
Visiting Scholar Dr. Ruth Stilwell Gives Talk on Space Operations and U.S. Airspace above 20km
Dr. Ruth Stilwell, a visiting scholar at SPI, gave the following talk in our offices on her research topic, Space Operations and U.S. Airspace Above 20km.
The focus is on integrating new entrants in commercial space and unnamed aircraft in civil airspace about 60,000 ft. The airspace between 20km and 100km will be the first truly mixed-use airspace for aviation and space operators. High altitude pseudo satellites, airborne launch platforms, high endurance unmanned vehicles, hypersonic suborbital flights and vehicles transiting to and from space will need to co-exist in this airspace. We have learned from low earth orbit that the path from lightly occupied to congested, contested and competitive is short. Building an operational concept for the management of this stratum with the diverse mission and operational needs of emerging technologies in mind is needed to promote innovation and growth in these industries, while maintaining safe and equitable access.
Mansfield Foundation and SPI Host U.S. – Japan Space Forum
The Forum, titled “Space in the Abe-Trump Era: New Threats, New Actors”, featured two panels Space in the U.S. – Japan Bilateral Alliance: Civilian Space/Defense Space, and Emerging Frontiers in Space Law, Innovation, and Security.
The following panelists were featured at the event:
Henry Hertzfeld, GW Space Policy Institute
Hiroshi Yamakawa, Kyoto University
Masao Akiyama, IHI, Inc.
John Hill, Office of Space Policy, U.S. Department of Defense
Hideshi Kozawa, Office K
Sheila Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
Frank Jannuzi, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
Setsuko Aoki, Keio University
Chris Blackerby, Astroscale
Saadia Pekkanen, University of Washington
Frank Rose, Aerospace Corporation
SPI Graduate Student Chris Beauregard Moderates Dupont Summit Panel
Chris Beauregard was a moderator for The 10th Annual Dupont Summit on Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy. His panel was titled, “An Examination of Presidential Leadership in Space Policy”.
Panelists included Ben Roberts, Vice President of Government Affairs at Moon Express, Tommy Sanford, Executive Director of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, Jason Callahan, Space Policy Advisor with the Planetary Society, and Teasel Muir-Harmony, the Curator at the National Air and Space Museum Space History Department.
Q&A: Plotting U.S. Space Policy with White House Adviser Scott Pace
Dr. Scott Pace was interviewed by Lee Billings from Scientific American on his participation in the National Space Council and on U.S. Space Policy.
“The executive director of the National Space Council discusses the Trump administration’s plans to ‘make America great again’ — in space”.
Read the article HERE.
John Logsdon Featured at Politico’s Panel on “The New American Space Age”
Dr. Logsdon was featured in a panel last night hosted by Politico on the new American space age.
“We sit at a pivotal moment for John F. Kennedy’s legacy of space innovation, with private enterprise ramping up spaceflight efforts and anew administration in Washington considering a new vision for America’s space program.
Join POLITICO as we convene experts for a deep-dive conversation to explore the possibilities and risks of what could be a historic transformation in space innovation and policy. Is there a new vision for American space innovation that will capture the imagination of America -and what will it take to get there?
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
John Logsdon, Founding Director and Professor Emeritus, Space Policy Institute, The George Washington University
Alex MacDonald, Senior Economic Advisor, NASA
Teasel Muir-Harmony, Curator, Space History Department, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Bob Richards, Founder and CEO, Moon Express
Secretary Heather Wilson, Principal Space Adviser, U.S. Department of Defense
Eric Stallmer, President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation
Jamie Morin, Vice President and Executive Director of the Center for Space Policy and Strategy, The Aerospace Corporation”
President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Appoint Scott Pace to the National Space Council
News of the announcement can be found in articles from Space Policy Online and the Planetary Society. Dr. Henry Hertzfeld will serve as interim Director of the Space Policy Institute.
Via White House Press Release:
President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Appoint Scott Pace to the National Space Council
Scott Pace of Virginia to be the Executive Secretary of the National Space Council. “Over his career, Dr. Scott Pace has honed his expertise in the areas of science, space, and technology. Currently, he is the Director of the Space Policy Institute and Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at George Washington University. Dr. Pace also serves as the Vice-Chair of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES). Previously, he served at NASA, the White House Office of Science and Technology (OSTP), and the RAND Corporation’s Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI). During his career, Dr. Pace has received numerous awards and recognitions including the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal (2008), the U.S. Department of State’s Group Superior Honor Award, GPS Interagency Team (2005), and the NASA Group Achievement Award, Columbia Accident Rapid Reaction Team (2004). Dr. Pace received his B.S. in Physics from Harvey Mudd College in 1980. Two years later, in 1982, he earned his Master in Aeronautics and Astronautics and Technology and Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1982). Finally, Dr. Pace attained his Doctorate in Policy Analysis from the RAND Graduate School in 1989.”
