!"#$%& "'()$*& )+!,),-,%& . #((/0)+,%1&2345& + %0!(%,,%1& The Space Policy Institute Hosts Adviser for Space Policy at the State Distinguished Speakers Department; Chris Shank, Policy Director for the House Science, The Space Policy Institute welcomed a Space, and Technology Committee; number of notable experts who spoke Chirag Parikh, Director of Space to students and members of the local Policy at the National Security Council; space policy community. and Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator (pictured below). 33rd International Electric Propulsion Conference General William L. Shelton, Commander of Air Force Space Led by GW Professor of Mechanical Command, spoke to students and and Aerospace Engineering, Michael professionals on January 7th. His Keidar, the IEPC (October 6th – 10th) lecture, “Space and Cyberspace: invited researchers from all over the Enduring Missions in a Changing world to submit papers for World,” described what the Air Force presentation. This year was the first Space Command does for the nation, time it was held on the GW campus. and how the command works with The conference received a record- others to achieve its missions in space breaking number of submissions and cyberspace. A video of the talk is despite the government shutdown. accessible on the Elliott School Presented papers can be found online website. at www.iepc2013.org. George Washington University space SPI and NanoRacks Seminar & policy students also heard from Reception on ISS Utilization several guest speakers in their classes, including Mike Griffin, former NASA SPI, in cooperation with NanoRacks Administrator; Al Condes, NASA LLC, hosted a seminar and reception Deputy Associate Administrator for for members of the space community International and Interagency in honor of the cooperative Relations; Richard Buenneke, Senior achievements made possible by the & & International Space Station. Mr. internships in a variety of Michael Suffredini, NASA’s ISS organizations, including NASA, OSTP, program manager, and Masahiko Sato, Futron Corporation, SAIC, and the Director of JAXA’s DC Office, spoke to Aerospace Industries Association. attendees about ISS results made possible by commercial and The George Washington Space international collaboration. Society organized several events for SPI students and alumni this term, SPI Faculty at the International including two launch viewings at Astronautical Conference in Beijing Wallops Island and a widely attended holiday gathering of the space SPI Director Scott Pace, Professor community. Henry Hertzfeld, Professor Pascale Ehrenfreund, and Professor Emeritus John Logsdon all participated extensively at the IAC in Beijing this past September. In addition to paper presentations, SPI signed a joint statement with the Beijing Institute of Technology’s Institute of Space Law (pictured below) on the need for cooperation and consultation on Trent Schindler, an MA candidate at matters of international space law. SPI, was interviewed by Russia Today on international cooperation in space, the subject of his poster presentation at the January 9th International Academy of Astronautics Conference in Washington, D.C. Brian Weeden, a PhD student and Secure World Foundation Technical Advisor, participated as Vice-Chair of the Space Security Council at the 2013 World Economic Forum Summit in Abu Dhabi. SPI Students SPI Faculty News The Space Policy Institute welcomed Professor Zoe Szajnfarber, based in six new Masters students this term, all the School of Engineering and Applied of who were able to receive at least Science, had a busy summer and fall partial fellowships thanks to SPI’s semester. Her research continues to generous supporters. study policy questions such as what drives technical innovation in complex Over the summer and fall the SPI’s government organizations and how Masters students secured jobs and 2 & & innovation can be encouraged more Marquart's research is focused on effectively. Her research is currently understanding the long-term funded by grants from NASA and the implications of restarting government National Science Foundation. space programs, with a particular focus on the implementation of the Research conducted over the summer EELV program. Further details can be included Isabel Bignon's (PhD student) found at www.seas.gwu.edu/~zszajnfa investigation into scientists and engineers' task discretion and Professor Henry Hertzfeld had a preference structures at Goddard busy fall and travelled extensively. He Spaceflight Center. Alex Burg (PhD was invited to be a Visiting Lecturer at student) spent his summer at NASA's several universities in China and Jet Propulsion Laboratory researching lectured to students at law schools in the interdependencies between Beijing at the Beijing Institute of technology development and missions Technology, Beihang University, and within planetary science in addition to in Xi’an at the Northwest University of his main research focusing on Politics and Law. In addition he modeling organizational R&D delivered a paper on “Binding processes. Ademir Vrolijk (MS Arbitration as a Dispute Resolution student) studied centralized and Mechanism” at the IAC/IISL meetings decentralized space R&D that were held in Beijing in September. management strategies and their He also spoke on a space law panel in applications within NASA and ESA. late October in Washington on Space His current work with Prof Szajnfarber Debris and Liability and as Co-Chair of includes investigating NASA's Asteroid the Space Law Committee for the Grand Challenge and the responses American Branch of the International received by NASA during the RFI Law Association, participated in a period. Zach Pirtle (PhD student) panel discussion in New York. continued his research on the role of technological innovation in enabling new capabilities and shaping political debate. Jason Crusan's (PhD student) research continued on the management and optimization of the technology capability acquisition methods and the use of open innovation as a sourcing mechanism. Dr. Szajnfarber’s lab welcomed two new PhD students this fall, Lt. Col. Prof. Hertzfeld delivered a talk on the Amy Cox (USAF) and Samantha structure and history of U.S. space law Marquart. Cox's work investigates the at a colloquium on Space Law and way ideas for new technologies and Sovereignty in Bogota, Columbia in management solutions are solicited early November. Profs. Hertzfeld and and implemented in the USAF. Pace had an article, “International 3 & & Cooperation on Human Lunar the fall Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund Heritage,” published in the November published several peer-reviewed 29th issue of Science Magazine. papers in Space Policy, Acta Astronautica and New Space. Professor Pascale Ehrenfreund continued to serve as a Science Team Professor Emeritus John. Logsdon Member on the “MarcoPolo-R Asteroid is continuing research and writing for Sample Return Mission” of the his next book, "After Apollo? Richard European Space Agency’s Cosmic Nixon and the U.S. Space Program." Vision M3 program. Marco Polo-R will He also spoke at the National Archives be one of five M3 missions that will be on Nixon's space legacy in honor of down-selected in January 2014. As the 100th anniversary of the birth of chair of the Cosmic study: “Dynamics President Nixon, after being of Space Exploration Strategies and introduced by the U.S. Archivist. Dr. Future Outlook” under the auspices of Logsdon's chapter, "Retiring the the International Academy of Space Shuttle: What Next?" was Astronautics she edited a White Paper included in the AIAA book Space for the Head of Space Agency Summit Shuttle Legacy. He was also honored in January 2014. She served as with the Frank J. Malina Astronautics member of the National Research Medal from the International Council Committee on Human Astronautical Federation for his Spaceflight and attended meetings in “outstanding contributions.” Woods Hole and Washington DC. In September, Dr. Ehrenfreund attended Dr. Logsdon has been travelling the 64th Astronautical Congress in extensively since the end of the last Beijing, China and chaired the session academic year. He spent two weeks in on “International Space Exploration Strasbourg, France teaching at the Policies and Programmes.” She also International Space University's Space presented a paper on “Responsible Studies Program, attended the space exploration and use: balancing International Astronautical Congress in stakeholder interests”. In October she Beijing, participated in a Colby College participated in the Austrian Science symposium on "Relating the History of Talks in Los Angeles, organized in Technology to Policy Choice," and one cooperation with the Office of Science at MIT for the 20th anniversary of the and Technology of the Austrian first Hubble servicing mission. Embassy in Washington DC. In November she attended the 1st SPI Hosts Visiting Scholars COSPAR Symposium in Bangkok, Thailand and delivered a Plenary The Space Policy Institute continued Lecture on “Astrobiology: origin and to host international scholars this past evolution of life in the Universe”. Dr. summer and fall. The scholars came Ehrenfreund was elected into the from all over the globe to study and to Horizon2020 Space Advisory Group of conduct their own research. This fall, the European Commission and started the Institute hosted Yasuhito her term in November 2013. During Fukushima from the National Institute 4 & & of Defense Studies, Andrew Lee from attended the IAC in Beijing, China in the ISU, Li Shoping,