GW Team Advanced in the Manfred Lachs Space Law North American Regional Moot Court Competition
The team of Abigail Thomas & Yuqian Wang advanced to the Quarter-finals of the Manfred Lachs Space Law North American Regional Moot Court held at Georgetown Law. The team was coached by SPI Professor Henry Hertzfeld, who noted, “[A]ll of the judges comments...
SPI Professor Aaron Bateman Wins 2024 Amos Perlmutter Prize
SPI Professor Aaron Bateman’s article titled “Information Security in the Space Age: Britain’s Skynet Satellite Communications Program and the Evolution of Modern Command and Control Networks” has been selected for the 2024 Amos Perlmutter Prize. The...
Space Policy Institute’s Dr. Aaron Bateman published in Foreign Affairs
Space Policy Institute’s Dr. Aaron Bateman, Ph.D., assistant professor of history and international affairs, published in Foreign Affairs, “Why Russia Might Put a Nuclear Weapon in Space.” Read more here.
SPI Director Dr. Scott Pace Discusses International Partnerships in The Symposium on Ensuring the Safe and Sustainable Use of Outer Space
SPI Director Dr. Scott Pace was invited as a speaker on March 4th to The 9th National Space Policy Secretariat Symposium on Ensuring the Safe and Sustainable Use of Outer Space. Dr. Pace presented his expertise during the last session of the program, to discuss how...
SPI Alumnus Josh Ingersoll Appointed to UN Youth Advisory Board on Technology Policy
SPI Alumnus Josh Ingersoll has been appointed to the UN’s first Youth Advisory Board on Technology Policy (Through the ITU). Twelve board members globally under 30 years old will serve a 2-year term advising ITU Sec-Gen Doreen Bogdan-Martin on a variety of Tech...
SPI Director Dr. Scott Pace Discussed Orbital Debris Mitigation Guidelines at the FCC
SPI Director Dr. Scott Pace was invited by the FCC to offer his insights as part of a distinguished pannel of experts on February 29th. The special event was organized by FCC’s Space Bureau and titled ‘20 Years of Orbital Debris Mitigation’ Open House. Please...
SPI Faculty Dr. John Klein Interviewed by At the Water’s Edge Podcast
SPI faculty Dr. John Klein was interviewed by At the Water’s Edge podcast about his newest book “The Fight for the Final Frontier: Irregular Warfare in Space.” The episode is available here on the podcast’s website, or in the adjacent Spotify...
SPI Director Dr. Scott Pace Quoted in New York Times Article
SPI Director Dr. Scott Pace was quoted in a recent New York Times article titled “Kam Ghaffarian’s Moonshots”. The article presents the story of the man behind Intuitive Machines, the American private company which recently succeded a lunar landing....
SPI Faculty Dr. John Klein Interviewed by the Irregular Warfare Podcast
SPI faculty Dr. John Klein was interviewed by the Irregular Warfare Podcast about his newest book “The Fight for the Final Frontier: Irregular Warfare in Space.” The episode is available here on the Irregular Warfare Podcast website, or in the adjacent Spotify...
SPI Director, Dr. Scott Pace, Quoted in Phys.Org
SPI Director, Dr. Scott Pace, was quoted in Phys.Org in an article about the US private space sector. The article “Apollo to Artemis: Why America is betting big on private space” examines the Moon-to-Mars program and the contribution of private space companies such as...