Library: A Round-up of Reading

May 4, 2009 at 10:52 am | Posted in Library | Leave a comment

National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law
Check out the new resources available at the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law. These include the Center’s work in China, back issues and supplements to the Journal of Space Law, and new information on the Center’s Pacific Rim National Space Law Summit.

Reports
GAO – SPACE ACQUISITIONS: Government and Industry Partners Face Substantial Challenges in Developing New DOD Space Systems

CRS – Airport Passenger Screening: Background and Issues for Congress

CRS – Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense – Background and Issues for Congress

Documents
Poland and U.S. Agreement on the Deployment of Missile Defense System, with introductory note by David Fidler, 47 I.L.M. (2009)

Blogs
Space Weather Workshop – Aviation and space weather – Secure World Foundation

Space Weather Workshop – Space Weather and Satellite Operations – Secure World Foundation

Space Weather Workshop – SWF Operations Director Suzanne Metlay presents on Space Weather and SSA – Secure World Foundation

Needful Distinctions – Aviation Law Prof Blog

Will the new treaty get a name? How about START Plus? – Russian Strtegic Nuclear Forces

Congress to save Shuttle? – Hyperbola

2009 IAA Planetary Defense Conference: Day 3 (Sessions 4 and 5) – Planetary Defense

North Korea asks UN Security Council to apologize – Anthony Clark Arend

Space Weather and Space Junk: Hazards to Satellite Operations – Secure World Foundation

Space Florida gets its budget slashed – The Flame Trench

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Alternatives to a Space Weapons Treaty – Opinio Juris

Three Brits Prosecuted in U.K. for Illegal Exports of Aircraft Parts to Iran – Export Law Blog

Space Florida docked (for now) $2 million for lobbying “misuse” – The Write Stuff

Space acquisition still broken – Space Politics

French Supreme Court Keeps Flashairlines Case in France

Space Florida Troubles Continue – NASA Watch

Aid for Airlines? – Aviation Law Prof Blog

What Is “Achievable” for the Second Stage? – Aviation Law Prof Blog

EU Moving Toward Suspension of “Use or Lose” Slot Rule – Aviation Law Prof Blog

Texas State Legislature Advances Measures Limiting Liability for Space Flight Entities – Spaceports

2009 IAA Planetary Defense Conference: Day 4 (Session 6) – Planetary Defense

Hawaii Passes Spaceport Legislation (House Bill 994) – 62 Mile Club

New Book: Warp Speed, Maybe – Danger Room