Program Related Publication Feeds

Using Earth Observation Data to Improve Health in the United States

jdunton — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Earth observations enable us to monitor and predict key environmental phenomena and events that can affect our health. Earth observation data can be incorporated into models to help detect, monitor, or predict disease, providing policymakers with the opportunity to control an epidemic, respond more quickly to disease outbreaks, and act to prevent or mitigate the occurrence of disease.

Indo-U.S. Space Cooperation: Aiming Higher

NLombardo — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Indo-U.S. space cooperation may not yet be in orbit, but it certainly is in the boost phase. At the end of their Strategic Dialogue Joint Statement, issued on July 19 in New Delhi, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton included a status report on the recently concluded meeting in Bangalore of the U.S.-India Space Working Group.

UN Perspectives on Space

sherry — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

The UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS), established in 1959 and composed of 69 member states, recently held its Science and Technology Subcommittee meetings in Vienna.

NASA’s Future

sherry — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

President Obama’s fiscal year 2011 budget for NASA, submitted to Congress, charts a new path. It makes the bold decision to cancel Constellation and rely on the private sector for future transportation to space.

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.

Costs of an International Lunar Base

ian — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Following the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, a presidentially appointed committee is preparing its final report reviewing U.S. plans for future space exploration. In its summary report, the commission has suggested an exploration option that drops the goal of returning to the moon and building a base there, something that has been a centerpiece of U.S.

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.

Foreign Policy Opportunities for NASA

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Events of the past month have startlingly illustrated the globalization of space.

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

Earth Observations and Global Change

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Is it possible to predict or alleviate the impacts of natural and manmade disasters? From California wildfires to Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico to the changing climate to the ongoing violence in Darfur, environmental and national security events are around the world are unfolding more and more quickly.

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.

Measuring Earth Observation Contribution to the U.S. Economy

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Determining the economic value of better Earth observations is a difficult proposition while being of prime significance to policy makers attempting to obtain a better understanding of this global public …

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

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 Still Untrodden Heights: Global Imperatives for Space Exploration in the 21st Century

Tue, 03 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400

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