2018 News Items

Week of December 28, 2018

  • Professor John Logsdon shares his insight into the Chinese space program. (Scientific American– December 22, 2018)

Week of December 21, 2018

  • Visiting Scholar, Togzhan Kassenova recently gave a Ted talk on Kazakhstan’s nuclear testing policies. (TedxBeaconSt– December 19, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon shares his insight on the Apollo 8 mission. ( MACH– December 17, 2018)

Week of December 14, 2018

  • Professor Henry Hertzfeld shares his insight on Chinese space exploration. ( Daily Galaxy– December 14, 2018)
  • Professor Allison Macfarlane publishes her findings with CISAC at Stanford University. (Reset-December 10, 2018)

Week of December 7, 2018

  • Professor John Logsdon discusses President George H.W. Bush’s space legacy. (SpacePolicyOnline-December 3, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon shares his insight into Elon Musk dying on Mars. (Newswire-December 2, 2018)
  • Professor Scott Pace was recently interviewed about the National Space Council. (SpaceWatch Global– December 2, 2018)

Week of November 30, 2018

  • Professor John Logsdon discusses the Soyuz rocket launch. (NBC News– November 30, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon shares his views on NASA increasing space activity. (Market News– November 28, 2018)
  • Professor Henry Farrell’s national and information security research was mentioned in a recent blog post. (Boing Boing– November 25, 2018)

Week of November 23, 2018

  • Professor Scott Pace was quoted discussing space export control. (Nikkei Asian Review-November 24, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon discusses NASA’s safety review of SpaceX. ( Glouster Daily News-November 21, 2018)
  • Professor Allison Macfarlane was interviewed about the future of U.S. nuclear power. (BYU Radio-November 19, 2018)
  • Professor Henry Farrell’s recent article was cited in the LawFare blog. (LawFare– November 16, 2018)

Week of November 16, 2018

  • Togzhan Kassenova, visiting scholar, will be speaking at TedxBeaconSt on November 17. (Beacon St-November 17, 2018)
  • Professor Henry Hertzfeld discusses SpaceX. ( Time– November 15, 2018)
  • MacArthur Fellow, Vincent Ialenti, discusses WIPP in New Mexico. (Los Alamos Historical Society- November 15, 2018)
  • MacArthur Fellow, Vincent Ialenti, recently was interviewed by KRSN Talk Radio New Mexico. (KRSN– November 14, 2018)

Week of November 9, 2018

  • Professor Sharon Squassoni discusses North Korea. (Albawaba– November 9, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon recently wrote an op-ed about First Man. (Space.com-November 7, 2018)
  • Professor Scott Pace shared his insights about “Chinese Space Race” at a recent conference. (The Space Review– November 5, 2018)

Week of November 2, 2018

  • Professor John Logsdon discusses the Space Force. (Space.com– November 1, 2018)
  • Professor Sharon Squassoni discusses the U.S.-Saudi nuclear technology talks. (Daily Journal-October 31,2018)

 Week of October 26, 2018

  • Visiting SPI Scholar Takashi Uchino recently wrote an article for The Space Review. ( The Space Review– October 22, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon discusses NASA’s 60 years. ( Maine Public Radio– October 22, 2018)

Week of October 19, 2018

  • Professor Allison Macfarlane discusses U.S. nuclear waste policy. (Detroit Free Press– October 19, 2018)
  • Professor Henry Farrell’s research on the law and economics movement based on decisions of judges. ( Mother Jones– October 18, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon discusses U.S.-Russian space relations. (Daily Beast– October 17, 2018)
  • Professor Scott Pace discusses a possible U.S.-China space race. (Geek Wire– October 15, 2018)
  • Professor Scott Pace discusses the next Space Council meeting. (Space News-October 15, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon was interviewed about NASA’s 60 year anniversary. (Iowa Public Radio– October 15, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon discusses the Soyuz investigation. (Tech 2– October 13, 2018)

Week of October 12, 2018

  • Professor John Logsdon discusses the new movie, First Man. (NVerse– October 12, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon discusses the Soyuz failure. (Phys.Org-October 11, 2018)
  • Senior Non-Visiting Scholar Togzhan Kassenova will be speaking at TedxBeaconStreet. (TedxBeaconStreet-October 10, 2018)
  • Professor Pascale Ehrenfreund was named the President of IAF. (Space News-October 8, 2018)

Week of October 5, 2018

  • Professor Allison Macfarlane discussed the recent events at the EPA. (WaPo-October 4, 2018)
  • Professor Sharon Squassoni was featured in the Faculty Spotlight of the Elliott School’s State of the School. (Elliott School– October 4, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon was interviewed about the dawn of the Space Age. (Planetary Society– October 30, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon was interviewed about NASA’s 60th Anniversary. (Houston Public Media– October 1, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon celebrates NASA’s 60th Anniversary. (Inverse-September 30, 2018)

Week of September 28, 2018

  • Professor John Logsdon discusses commercial space flights. (Newsweek-September 28, 2018)
  • Professor Henry Hertzfeld shares his insight into space mining. (NPR-September 25, 2018)
  • The Space Review reviewed Professor John Logsdon’s new book. (The Space Review-September 24, 2018)
  • Professor Sharon Squassoni shares her insight into Japanese nuclear policy. (New York Times– September 22, 2018)

Week of September 21, 2018

  • Professor John Logsdon shares his insight on SpaceX’s commercial space flight plans. (Daily Beast– September 17, 2018)

Week of September 14, 2018

  • Professor John Logsdon was interviewed on Cool Science Radio to discuss his new book. (Cool Science Radio-September 13, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon recently published an article in Time discussing the history of human space flight. (Time– September 11, 2018)
  • Professor Scott Pace shares his insight on U.S-Canada space relations. (Space News– September 9, 2018)

Week of September 7, 2018

  • Professor John Logsdon shares insight into India’s future in space. (Nature-September 5, 2018)

Week of August 31, 2018

  • Professor Allison Macfarlane and MacArthur Fellow Lindsay Krall  co-authored an article in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists– August 31, 2018)
  • Professor Allison Macfarlane discusses decommissioning of nuclear plants. (C&EN– August 28, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon shares his insight on Space Force. (Investor’s Business Daily-August 27, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon provides insight into Mike Pence, the Gospel, and Space. (The Atlantic– August 23, 2018)
  • Professor Henry Hertzfeld discusses outer space law. ( Big Think Blog-August 22, 2018)

Week of August 10, 2018

  • Professor Hugh Gusterson shares his insights on the recent drone attack in Venezuela (Bloomberg-August 7, 2018)

Week of August 3, 2018

  • Professor John Logsdon discusses the new astronauts named to the commercial space flight.  (New York Times– August 3, 2018)

Week of July 27, 2018

  • Professor John Logsdon was quoted about the Apollo Program. (CTV– July 28, 2018)
  • Professor Scott Pace shares his opinion on space being a “global commons.” (Lawless.tech-July 25, 2018)
  • Professor Hugh Gusterson was mentioned in an op-ed. (Santa Fe New Mexican– July 21, 2018)

 Week of July 20, 2018

  • Professor John Logsdon shares his opinion on colonizing the moon. (WGRZ.COM-July 18, 2018)
  • Professor Scott Pace discusses the Space Force. (The Diplomat– July 14, 2018)

Week of June 29, 2018

  • Professor Scott Pace shares his opinion on a possible deputy NASA Administrator (The Hill– June 29, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon discusses space travel. (Daily Mail– June 26, 2018)
  • Professor Scott Pace discusses space traffic control. (Popular Science– June 26, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon shares his insight on HAVOC. ( Daily Beast– June 23, 2018)

Week of June 22, 2018

  • Professor Hugh Gusterson was quoted in this letter to the editor. (Buffalo News-June 20, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon explains Trump’s Space Force. (Mashable- June 20, 2018)
  • Professor Scott Pace discusses why President Trump wants to try to clear space. (Politico- June 19, 2018)
  • Professor Scott Pace shares his insight into Trump’s Space Force. (The Vindicator- June 18, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon offers insight into Trump’s Space Force. (Press Herald- June 18, 2018)

Week of June 15, 2018

  • Professor Scott Pace and Professor Henry Hertzfeld offers his insight into blockchain and space. (The Space Review– June 11, 2018)
  • Professor Sharon Squassoni provides insight into what’s at stake in Singapore (Talk Media News– June 11, 2018)

Week of June 8, 2018

  • Professor John Logsdon discusses Rogozin’s appointment. (Space News– June 6, 2018)

Week of June 1, 2018

  • Professor Sharon Squassoni discusses the Trump Kim Summit. (CNBC-May 30, 2018)
  • Professor Hugh Gusterson wrote an opinion piece for The National on the state of nuclear policy. ( The National-May, 29, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon and Professor Scott Pace offered their insights on Trump Space Policy. (10,000 Couples– May 27, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon discusses Trump’s New Space Policy.  (Spaceflight News– May 26, 2018)

Week of May 25, 2018

  • Professor Scott Pace was mentioned in a Bloomberg news article about Trump’s policy to aid space business. (appeared in Northwest Arkansas Gazette– May 25, 2018)
  • Professor Henry Farrell discusses EU privacy laws. (Phys.Org-May 25, 2018)
  • Professor Sharon Squassoni wrote an article on North Korea nuclear policy. (DefenseOne-May 25, 20018)
  • Professor John Logsdon discusses Chinese space policy. (Techno Stalls-May 25, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon offers insight into Trump’s space policy. (Chron– May 24, 2018)
  • Professor Scott Pace discusses business in space. (USA Today-May 24, 2018)
  • Professor Scott Pace offers some insight on Tory Bruno. (Air and Space Magazine– June 2018 edition)
  • Professor John Logsdon discusses “Experts: China far side lunar mission potentially historic.” (AP– May 22, 2018)

 Week of May 18, 2018

  • Professor Sharon Squassoni discusses “safety, verification questions hang over North Korea’s plan to close nuclear site.” (Reuters-May 15, 2018)
  • Professor Scott Pace was mentioned in the article, “Revitalizing Space Exploration Would Boost U.S. Manufacturing.” (Forbes- May 11, 2018)

Week of May 4, 2018

  • Professor John Logsdon discusses colonizing the moon. (Washington Post– May 2, 2018)
  • Professor Scott Pace held a press conference at the Hudson Institute on  the Space Council seeking to protect satellite spectrum. (Space News– May 1, 2018)

Week of April 27, 2018

  • Professor Sharon Squassoni recently wrote an opinion piece on Trump and North Korea (Fortune-April 27, 2018)
  • Professor Henry Hertzfeld discusses what’s next in U.S. Space policy (OZY-April 24, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon discusses what’s next for Bridenstine (Standard Republic-April 24, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon discusses Bridenstine’s confirmation (EOS-April 21, 2018)

Week of April 20, 2018

  • Professor John Logsdon discusses Bridenstine’s confirmation (Science-April 19, 2018)
  • Professor Scott Pace mentioned in an article about export rules for space technology (Space News- April 17, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon discusses Bridenstine’s nomination process (WFAA-April 17, 2018)

Week of April 13, 2018

  • Professor Scott Pace spoke on International Space Policy at a Politico Space event. (Space News-April 12, 2018)
  • Professor Al Teich wrote an article on “Israel and U.S. Partners in Science.” (Jewish Policy Center– Spring 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon discusses a new Cold War Space race. (Teen Vogue-April 11, 2018)
  • Professor Al Teich filmed a T.V. interview with CCTV in China on President Trump’s trade policy and science policy. (April 11, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon offers his insight into Bridenstein’s path to confirmation. (USA Today– April 10, 2018)
  • Professor Sharon Squassoni discusses the Trump nuclear posture review (National Catholic Reporter– April 9, 2018)

Week of April 6, 2018

  • Professor John Logsdon offers insight into Virgin Galactic’s new test launch. (LA Times– April 5, 2018)

Week of March 26, 2018

  • Professor John Logsdon was interviewed on the CBS Evening News about the defunct chinese satellite orbiting Earth. (CBS News– March 27, 2018)
  • Professor John Logsdon offers insight into the appointment of Jim Bridenstine. ( KGOU– March 26, 2018)

Week of March 19, 2018

  • Professor Sharon Squassoni testified in Congress on Middle East nuclear policy. ( Middle East Eye– March 20, 2018)

Week of March 12, 2018

  • Professor Allison Macfarlane named to a panel of nuclear experts about San Onofre. ( San Diego Tribune– March 15, 2018)
  • Professor Henry Hertzfeld discusses “The Legal Battle to Colonize Mars.” (The Outline– March 15, 2018)
  • Professor Emeritus John Logsdon provides insight into NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot’s Retirement .(Space Policy Online-March 15, 2018)
  • Professor Henry Farrell wrote a recent article for the Monkey Cage on “Most lawyers don’t understand cryptography. So why do they dominate tech policy debates?” (Washington Post– March 15, 2018)
  • Professor Scott Pace discusses Trump space policy in “Trump’s right: The US should talk about a Space Force” (Quartz– March 14, 2018)