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Commentary on the Augustine Committee Report on the Future of Human Space Exploration

pfrank — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

After many months of speculation, numerous meetings, articles, and suggestions, the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee (aka the Augustine Committee) has released its reports providing options to the administration for consideration in plotting the course of human exploration through the rest of the decade and beyond.

Toward the Heavens

jdunton — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The United States has a new opportunity to use civil space and cooperation in science and technology as a powerful tool of engagement in Latin America, and especially with Brazil. U.S. leadership in space exploration comprises not only government achievements but also powerful commercial opportunities that arise from the sale of U.S. inventions to its allies.

The Role of NASA 40 Years after the Lunar Landing

sherry — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

As the United States celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first human footsteps on the Moon, it cannot escape notice that the country has spent five times longer figuring out if, when, how, and why we should return to the Moon than it took us to figure out how to get there in the first place.

Mid- and Long-term Prospects for Human Spaceflight

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The CSIS Space Initiatives project promotes global space exploration as we move into the twenty-first century. The next decade, ushered in by the new U.S.

Ensuring U.S. Access to the International Space Station

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

In his highly publicized July 24 speech in Berlin, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama struck a conciliatory chord in saying, “we must reject the Cold War mindset of the past and resolve to work with Russia when we can.” A few days later, Russia’s envoy to NATO, Dmitri Rogozin, raised the idea of a new security framework for Eurasia that would includ

Smart Power Through Space

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Today, the U.S.

India's Space Program

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Q1: How is India’s space program being received by the international community?

HSEI's Asia Trip in November 2007

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The Human Space Exploration Initiative (HSEI) at the Center for Strategic And International Studies (CSIS) has recently completed a quick tour of two of the main Asian space-faring powers: China and Japan to assess their current status and perspectives about human space exploration.

Minding the Gaps

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400

It is clear that the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) has become a truly national vision. With the first announcement of the VSE by President George W. Bush in January 2004, the United States’ space program has been reinvigorated with a new sense of purpose. In the VSE, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been given a mandate to do the following:

Interoperability and Space Exploration

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Spiral Development, Real Options and Other Development Methodologies

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400

On June 5, 2006, the Human Space Exploration Initiative in the Technology and Public Policy Program and the Defense Industrial Initiatives Group, both at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in partnership with the International Center for Decision and Risk Analysis at the University of Texas at Dallas, cohosted a workshop in Washington, D.

Human Space Exploration Education For All

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400

On October 4, 2006, the Human Space Exploration Initiative in the Technology and Public Policy Program, in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the International Astronautical Federation, and with the support of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, co-hosted a workshop at the 57th International Astronautical Congress in Valencia

The Case for Managed International Cooperation in Space Exploration

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400

This paper describes four rationales for international cooperation in space exploration. Cooperation for the purposes of funding, foreign relations, political sustainability and workforce stability all provide nations with an incentive to cooperate. When these rationales are complementary, cooperation can provide an increase in value for each participating nation.

U.S. Leadership, International Cooperation, and Space Exploration

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Faced with a complex environment for international cooperation on both the International Space Station and the Vision for Space Exploration, the United States faces difficult leadership choices in years to come.

NASA FY 2007 Budget Proposal — An Analysis

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0400

This paper assesses the change in projected out-year expenditures with the FY 2005 budget of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and what the consequences will be for U.S. leadership in the international community.

HSEI's Asia Trip in March 2006

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0400

The Asian Military Balance 2003

Thu, 01 May 2003 00:00:00 -0400

Graphic Analysis of a Comparative Summary of Military Expenditures; Manpower; Land, Air, and Naval, Forces; and Arms Sales.

The Military Balance in the Middle East

Mon, 14 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0400

Arms control and the Arab-Israeli peace process are, and will remain, an extension of war by other means. The differences between North African, Arab-Israeli, and Gulf forces preclude
a common approach.