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Avoiding Costly Delays in Human Space Exploration: Historical Perspectives on NASA Programs
By David Eccles
Development of a human exploration endeavor is a multi-decade initiative. What lessons have been learned from the past to benefit the future?
Featured Papers
Avoiding Costly Delays in Human Space Exploration: Historical Perspectives on NASA Programs
Development of a human exploration endeavor is a multi-decade initiative. What lessons have been learned from the past to benefit the future?
By David Eccles
Published Date
https://live-csps-portal-drupal.pantheonsite.io/papers/avoiding-costly-delays-human-space-exploration-historical-perspectives-nasa-programs
Strategic Foresight for the Space Enterprise
Applying strategic foresight methodologies to the space enterprise is helpful in navigating uncertainty. Can the Four Futures Model better shape our perceptions and plans for future preparedness?
By Kara Cunzeman & Robin Dickey
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/strategic-foresight-space-enterprise
Policy Compliance Roadmap for Small Satellites
The policy picture for today's rapidly evolving space enterprise is complex and confusing, particularly to non-traditional entrants and missions that occupy policy "gray areas." Is it possible to lay out a coherent way forward for all small satellites navigating the approval quagmire, and for mission managers of multi-payload rideshares who wish to smooth the path to launch approval?
By Barbara Manganis Braun & Sam Sims
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/policy-compliance-roadmap-small-satellites-0
Latest Events & News
Seeking Climate Justice from Space
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode77-seeking-climate-justice-space
Industry looks to simplify policy challenges of orbital debris removal
https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2021-11-14-industry-looks-simplify-policy-challenges-orbital-debris-removal
Space Force leader suggests education secretary should be on the National Space Council
https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2021-11-11-space-force-leader-suggests-education-secretary-should-be-national-space-council
National Security
Designing for Principles: Implementation Steps for the United States Space Force
The United States Space Force (USSF) has the daunting task of developing a more survivable, flexible, and interoperable space architecture in an environment increasingly characterized by extreme complexity and uncertainty. Can the Designing for Principles approach provide a nimbler capability development methodology for the USSF?
https://live-csps-portal-drupal.pantheonsite.io/papers/designing-principles-implementation-steps-united-states-space-force
Space Traffic Operations & Debris
Space Rescue
Listen to experts George Nield (former FAA) and Grant Cates (Aerospace) talk to Kreston Barron of The Center for Space Policy & Strategy about how commercial spaceflight providers and US policymakers could help improve the safety of space travel.
https://live-csps-portal-drupal.pantheonsite.io/events/show/episode068-space-rescue
National Policies & International Relations
Industry looks to simplify policy challenges of orbital debris removal
Policy issues regarding active debris removal are not as difficult to overcome as many believe, industry officials say, but acknowledge that those challenges may hinder efforts to remove the most dangerous pieces of debris in orbit.
https://live-csps-portal-drupal.pantheonsite.io/news/2021-11-14-industry-looks-simplify-policy-challenges-orbital-debris-removal
The Business of Space
Designing for Principles: Implementation Steps for the United States Space Force
The United States Space Force (USSF) has the daunting task of developing a more survivable, flexible, and interoperable space architecture in an environment increasingly characterized by extreme complexity and uncertainty. Can the Designing for Principles approach provide a nimbler capability development methodology for the USSF?
https://live-csps-portal-drupal.pantheonsite.io/papers/designing-principles-implementation-steps-united-states-space-force
Science & Technology
Flying Cars! - The Case for Advanced Air Mobility
Have you ever imagined a city or suburb with unmanned aerial vehicles ready to take you or your goods where they need to go? How do air traffic policy and regulations need to change for the most promising use cases to be realized?
https://live-csps-portal-drupal.pantheonsite.io/events/show/episode071-flying-cars-case-advanced-air-mobility
Exploration, Society, & the Future
Avoiding Costly Delays in Human Space Exploration: Historical Perspectives on NASA Programs
Development of a human exploration endeavor is a multi-decade initiative. What lessons have been learned from the past to benefit the future?
By David Eccles
Published Date
https://live-csps-portal-drupal.pantheonsite.io/papers/avoiding-costly-delays-human-space-exploration-historical-perspectives-nasa-programs
Climate Change & the Environment
Seeking Climate Justice from Space
How can space satellites help identify pollution and unsustainable land use practices? From oil spills to methane super-emitters, the view from space can spotlight the worst polluters. So why isn’t there better environmental accountability when so much earth monitoring data is available?
https://live-csps-portal-drupal.pantheonsite.io/events/show/episode77-seeking-climate-justice-space