Library: A Round-up of Reading

June 1, 2010 at 1:44 pm | Posted in Library | Leave a comment

Reports
GAO – NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM: Setting On-Time Performance Targets at Congested Airports Could Help Focus FAA’s Actions

National Airspace System: Summary of Flight Delay Trends for 34 Airports in the Continental United States (GAO-10-543SP, May 26, 2010), an E-supplement to GAO-10-542

FAA – Environmental Control and Life Support Systems for Flight Crew and Space Flight Participants in Suborbital Space Flight

CRS – Ballistic Missile Defense and Offensive Arms Reductions: A Review of the Historical Record

GAO – ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES: Strategy Needed to Sustain Critical Climate and Space Weather Measurements

Books
Forrest E. Morgan, Deterrence and First-Strike Stability in Space: A Preliminary Assessment (RAND 2010).

Periodicals
High Frontier Journal (V. 6, N. 3)

Blogs
Major Battle Brews Over F136 – DoD Buzz

Alabama Congressional Delegation Strikes Out – NASA Watch]

Prowlers ‘Jam’ Afghan Skies – DoD Buzz

Watchdog: NASA plans for Constellation alternative not illegal – The Write Stuff

“Do What I Say” Etc., Etc. – Export Law Blog

White House Lays Down The Law Down on Suborbital and Commercial Space – NASA Watch

HASC Report on FY2011 DOD Authorization Bill – Space Policy Online

DoD: U.S. Space Industry May Lose Edge – MDAA

Boeing WTO Bill Would Violate Treaty – DoD Buzz

Other notes from yesterday’s hearing – Space Politics

Congress Still Waiting For Answers on Obama Plan – Space Policy Online

Legislative Update for Space-Related Legislation in the 111th Congress – Space Policy Online

U.N. Special Rapporteur Offers Limited Pushback Against CIA Drone Strikes – Opinio Juris

The World’s Best Airlines. (And No, None Are American.) – Opinio Juris

A Primer on Cross-Waivers – Commercial Space Law Update

House Passes DOD Authorization Bill; SASC Reports Its Version – Space Policy Online

Third Time Is The Charm for America COMPETES Reauthorization – Space Policy Online

One Consequence of CIA Drone Strikes – Opinio Juris

Drone Warfare, the CIA, and Charlie Savage’s NYT Article – The Volokh Conspiracy

HASC and Constellation – Space Politics

Impact Of Space Policy Changes Becoming Clear – Space Politics

GAO Reports on Status of Earth Observation Strategy – EARSC