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Library: A Round-up of Reading

April 27, 2010 at 2:27 pm | Posted in Library | Leave a comment

Articles
Walter Pincus, Arms treaty shouldn’t constrain U.S. missile defenses, Washington Post

G. Ryan Faith, President Obama’s Vision for Space Exploration (part 2), The Space Review

David Malfitano, Space Tourism: The Final Frontier of Law, 35 Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal p.203

Reports
GAO – NEXT GENERATION AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM: Challenges with Partner Agency and FAA Coordination Continue, and Efforts to Integrate Near-, Mid-, and Long-term Activities Are Ongoing

CRS – Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization: An Overview of Legislative Action in the 111th Congress

Blogs
Gates Pushes Arms Export Fixes – DoD Buzz

Website offers new transparency on shadowy transport networks – Turtle Bay

The Fourth Amendment, New Technologies, and the Case for Caution – The Volokh Conspiracy

One List to Rule Them All, One Agency to Find Them (UPDATED) – Export Law Blog

McDonnell Backs Virginia Spaceport Today – Spaceports

Google Earth Used To Arrest Man Who Illegally Dumped Boat – Got GEOINT?

Astronomers exercise the nuclear option – Space Politics

Ryanair refuse to compensate travellers – World of Airline News

Mexico to Start Commercial Space Program – Spaceports

Mexico begins $80 million space agency center preparations – Hyperbola

Mikulski on NASA HSF Budget: “I need to know more” – Space Policy Online

Traveling With Airbags – The TSA Blog

Senate hearing notes… – RLV and Space Transport News

More thoughts about the Senate hearing… – RLV and Space Transport News

Senators want more details about NASA’s new direction – Space Politics

Air Force Launches Secretive Space Plane; ‘We Don’t Know When It’s Coming Back’ – Danger Room

Whose human flight safety standards, again? – Hyperbola

Pushing Toward a Single European Sky – Aviation Law Prof Blog

Japan Reassessing Its Human Space Flight Goals Too – Space Policy Online

FAA guidance makes it clear: There is no room for distraction in the cockpit – DOT Blog

A Look at China’s Use of Airships – Secrecy News

Targeted Killing Lite: Inside the CIA’s New Drone Arsenal – Danger Room

Harrison Schmitt details concerns about proposed Space Policy changes – Lunar Networks

UNICEF and UNOSAT strengthen their cooperation for emergency response – EARSC