Commentary
The Policy Side of Things: A Student's View of AIAA's Space 2010 Conference PDF Print Email
SpacePolicyOnline.com correspondent Laura M. Delgado, a graduate student at GWU's Space Policy Institute, attended her first AIAA conference last week -- Space2010 -- and presented her first conference paper.  Read about her impressions of the conference, highlights of the sessions she attended, and a synopsis of her paper.
 
Witnessing the STS-130 Launch and the Ending of an Era PDF Print Email
SpacePolicyOnline.com correspondent Laura M. Delgado was in Florida to watch the STS-130 launch -- her first.   Read her commentary on her impressions of the launch and of the end of the space shuttle era.
 
It's More than a 90-Day Job: A SpacePolicyOnline.com Editorial PDF Print Email

Read It's More Than a 90-Day Job , a SpacePolicyOnline.com editorial about the need to give the Augustine panel the time it needs to formulate a solid foundation for choices about the future of the human space flight program. 

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Missing the Mark: A SpacePolicyOnline.com Editorial PDF Print Email
Read "Missing the Mark," a July 23, 2009 SpacePolicyOnline.com editorial about the need for President Obama to take command of NASA's future.

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Don't Forget the National Commission on Space! - A SpacePolicyOnline.com Editorial PDF Print Email

Read a July 14, 2009 SpacePolicyOnline.com editorial about the 1986 National Commission on Space Report (or "the Paine report"): Pioneering the Space Frontier.   As the Augustine panel debates the future of the human space flight program, this 1986 report should not be forgotten as one of its forebears.