Library: A Round-up of Reading

September 28, 2009 at 11:31 am | Posted in Library | Leave a comment

Articles
Brian Weeden, The space security implications of missile defense, The Space Review

Commentaries
Johannes Weppler, Vincent Sabathier, and Ashley Bander, Costs of an International Lunar Base, CSIS

Reports
NASA: Constellation Program Cost and Schedule Will Remain Uncertain Until a Sound Business Case Is Established. GAO-09-844, August 26

NASA OIG – NASA SHOULD RECONSIDER THE AWARD EVALUATION PROCESS AND CONTRACT TYPE FOR THE OPERATION OF THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY

CRS – F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

Blogs
4 Score and 7 Interceptors – Arms Control Wonk

A different kind of debate about NASA – Space Politics

Crandall Supports Passenger Rights Legislation – Aviation Law Prof Blog

Refueling Sr. Strangelove – Leeham News and Comment

Appropriations Update: September 23 – Space Policy Online

National Sovereignty Over the Geostationary Orbit – Out of the Blue, Into the Black

Airlines Outpace Regulators on the Environment – Aviation Law Prof Blog

Giz Explains: How To Fix the Airlines’ Stupid Portable Gadget Rules – Gizmodo

Appropriations Update: September 24 – Space Policy Online

Lunar water and space policy – Space Politics

The Difference Between Butter Knives and Bayonets – Commercial Space

Differing takes on a GAO report – Space Politics

Extraterritoriality in Export Controls – Prawfs Blawg

Iran nuclear site candidate satellite images from 2009, now overlaid in Google Earth – Ogle Earth

Another year, another hurricane satellite bill – Space Politics

Canada-U.S.export control law impact assessment needed – U.S. Satellite and Space Technology Export Control Law and Policy Reform Blog

U.S./Japan Open Skies? – Aviation Law Prof