Aerospace’s Warning: Terrestrial Interference of Critical Satellite Services A paper released at the 2018 American Meteorological Society meeting warns of interference between terrestrial and satellite signals in the L-band spectrum, which would impede the nation’s critical… January 2018
Improving Access to Space through Satellite Standards Developing a standard Launch Unit, or Launch-U, for mid-sized smallsats—approximately the size between a toaster and a small refrigerator—will result in more launch opportunities at a lower cost. December 2017
President Trump’s Space Policy Directive 1 On December 11, 2017, President Trump signed Space Policy Directive – 1, directing NASA to return to the moon. James Vedda, senior policy analyst with the Center for Space Policy and Strategy, shares… December 2017
A Military Space Corps? Jamie Morin, executive director of the Center for Space Policy and Strategy, discusses the push to create a separate Space Corps in the U.S. military. December 2017
Government Matters Jamie Morin, executive director of the Center for Space Policy and Strategy at The Aerospace Corporation, explains how data analytics will inform government reorganization decisions. December 2017
Nontraditional Space Missions: Regulation and Compliance An Aerospace paper explores U.S. spaceflight regulations for missions that do not match the historical “norm”—one satellite, one rocket, one agency. This paper is timely, as new commercial entrants,… December 2017
Clearing Regulatory Clutter And Space Clutter Aerospace is studying ways to clear up both regulatory clutter as well as space clutter in anticipation of an influx of future commercial space missions. December 2017
Breaking into Engineering as a Woman Delilah Nunez, senior project engineer, was the first-generation Mexican to go to college in her family. She chose computer engineering as her major, and shares her workplace experiences in this… September 2017
Forging a Path Forward to Address Space Junk There are no global agreements on how to prevent and clean up space junk. Aerospace’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy is working to address the issues as major transitions take place in the… September 2017
Earth’s Orbit Cluttered, Innovation Jeopardized Jamie Morin, executive director of the Center for Space Policy and Strategy, describes the operational threats and regulatory challenges posed by space debris. Aerospace is collaborating with the… September 2017
Dramatic Growth in Commercial Space Leads to More Congestion Dr. Jamie Morin, executive director of the Center for Space Policy and Strategy, gives a present-day rundown of the state of space debris in this op-ed. September 2017
The Space Show! On The Space Show, Jim Vedda, senior policy analyst with the Center for Space Policy and Strategy, discusses the Outer Space Treaty, the National Space Council, national space policy, and much, much… July 2017
New White House Strategy Preps Earth for Asteroid Hit Scenarios William Ailor, Aerospace fellow, is an expert on the potential dangers of an asteroid hitting Earth. The Office of Science and Technology Policy has now released a plan for protecting the planet. January 2017
