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Russia, Europe to Discuss Asteroid Deflection Options
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Written by Laura M. Delgado
Thursday, 24 June 2010 14:49
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Officials from the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, will meet with European Commission members on July 7 to discuss options for developing a joint anti-asteroid defense program, RIA Novosti reported today. The initiative comes after Anatoly Perminov, head of the agency, expressed interest to lead an international effort to deal with the risk of a near-Earth object (NEO) collision last December.
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Transcript of SWF/ACA Seminar on New National Space Policy Now Available
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Written by Marcia Smith
Wednesday, 07 July 2010 22:01
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A transcript of the seminar hosted by the Secure World Foundation and the Arms Control Association last week is now available. The seminar analyzed President Obama's new National Space Policy.
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Former Astronaut Bill Lenoir Reportedly Killed in Bicycle Accident
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Written by Marcia Smith
Sunday, 29 August 2010 08:52
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Jim Oberg posted a message on Friends and Partners in Space reporting that former astronaut Bill Lenoir was killed in a bicycle accident yesterday. The news is also reported on collectSpace.
Lenoir flew on STS-5, the first "operational" space shuttle mission, which delivered a communications satlelite to orbit. He and crewmate Joe Allen were scheduled to make the first spacewalk from the shuttle, but mechanical problems with their spacesuits foiled that plan. Lenoir later came to NASA Headquarters and ran the shuttle program.
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CSIS Releases Report on the Relationship Between National Security and the Commercial Space Sector
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Written by Laura M. Delgado
Monday, 26 July 2010 15:13
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The Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released today a report entitled National Security and the Commercial Space Sector: An Analysis and Evaluation of Options for Improving Commercial Access to Space. David Berteau, co-director of the project, said during this morning's release event that there has been a lot of interest from government in looking at this issue and that the "co-dependency" of these two sectors was not being undervalued.
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House Passes Bill to Create New U.S. Code Title for Space Laws
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Written by Marcia Smith
Monday, 18 January 2010 12:02
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Last week the House passed H.R. 3237, which would create a new Title of the U.S. Code for the laws that Congress already has passed regarding national and commercial space programs. Currently the space-related laws are in Title 15, Title 42 or Title 49. H.R. 3237 would group them into a new Title 51 as well as tidy them up by repealing obsolete provisions (e.g. a requirement for a report to be submitted a decade ago), correcting technical errors and making other non-substantive changes. As the bill report (H. Rept. 111-325) explains:
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