Technology

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.

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.

Securing the United States against cyber attacks has become one of the nation’s highest priorities. To achieve this objective, networks, systems, and the operations teams that support them must vigorously defend against external attacks.

Globalization and the American Worker is a path-breaking work on economic policy in a global age. It debunks the myths that clutter the political debate over globalization, focusing instead on the hard challenges the United States faces in building a stronger economic future.

Technology creates new sources of power. Network technologies diffuse power. New networking technologies erode traditional means of political control and create new kinds of politics. The effect can be immediate—as when Falun Gong supporters used e-mail to organize simultaneous demonstrations across China.

This chart compares the recommendations of the White House 60-day cyberspace policy review with the recommendations issued by the CSIS Cybersecurity Commission in their report Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency.

This chart compares the recommendations of the White House 60-day cyberspace policy review with the recommendations issued by the CSIS Cybersecurity Commission in their report Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency.

President Barack Obama is about to appoint a new NASA administrator. NASA, while still the world leader in civil space, is facing daunting challenges.

Q1: How can NASA restore the spirit of innovation, discovery, and global leadership while satisfying the political constituency of the national space program?