Library: A Round-up of Reading

September 15, 2008 at 9:25 am | Posted in Library | 1 Comment

Articles
Raymond Duvall & Jonathan Havercroft, Taking sovereignty out of this world: space weapons and empire of the future, Review of International Studies (Vol. 34, no. 4, October 2008).

David Robson, ‘Space traffic control’ needed in junk-filled orbits, NewScientist.com

Magazines
MilSat Magazine, September 2008

Reports
U.S. Climate Change Science Program – Uses and Limitations of Observations, Data, Forecasts, and Other Projections in Decision Support for Selected Sectors and Regions

Aviation Security: TSA Is Enhancing Its Oversight of Air Carrier Efforts to Identify Passengers on the No Fly and Selectee Lists, but Expects Ultimate Solution to Be Implementation of Secure Flight. GAO-08-992, September 9

Next Generation Air Transportation System: Status of Systems Acquisition and the Transition to the Next Generation Air Transportation System. GAO-08-1078, September 11

WASTED LESSONS OF 9/11: HOW THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAS IGNORED THE LAW AND SQUANDERED ITS OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY SAFER

AIR TRANSPORT: QUARTERLY REPORT NO.19 2nd QUARTER 2008 (April to June)

NASA Workforce: Briefing on National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Use of Term Appointments (GAO-08-920R)

Blogs
The Final Frontier . . . for Law? – Marquette Law Faculty Blog

NSGIC Conference Report 1 – NSGIC Blog

NSGIC Conference Report 2 – NSGIC Blog

NSGIC Conference Report 3 – NSGIC Blog

Huge Cost Overrun for AEHF – DoD Buzz

IALI News – Aviation Law Prof Blog

Reading Recommendation – Spatial Law

Can You Assert A Mechanic’s Lien Against An Aircraft Engine? – Aviation Law Discussions

Scientific American – Spatial Law

A national space “strategy”? – Space Politics

Dodd Calls for Fairness in New NASA Space Suit Competition – Space Ref

FLASH: NO Tanker RFP Til Next Admin – DoD Buzz

LIVE BLOGGING: AIAA SPACE 2008 COTS session – Hyperbola

NASA vs… Ethiopia? – Space Poilitics

A “full, true-blue push” for INKSNA waiver – Space Politics

Federal Court Constitution Protects Stored Cell Phone Location Information – GeoData Policy

Stealth tax stalks UK airspace users – Learmount

European Space policy report – Eurolert

More NASA-OMB tensions – Space Politics

Weldon to “pull every lever I have” to block INKSNA waiver extension – Space Politics

Speeches
Opening address by the President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Mr. Roberto Kobeh González, to the ICAO Forum on Integration and Harmonization of NextGen and SESAR into the Global ATM Framework, (Montréal, 8 September 2008)

Testimony
Statement of Victoria Cox, Senior Vice-President for NextGen and Operations Planning Before the House Committee on Science and Technology on the Next Generation Air Transportation System

Presentations
Bruce Cordell –
Forecasting the Next 20 Years in Space: The New Race to Space

National Air and Space Intelligence Center -Advanced Technical Exploitation Contract – new from WikiLeaks