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August 3, 2009
Op-Ed
The Space Review
Peter A. Garretson outlines actions that the Obama administration should take on space policy.
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May 26, 2009
Op-Ed
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
Peter A. Garretson argues that science fiction is an underappreciated tool in grand strategy.
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May 22, 2009
Op-Ed
Sakal Times
Peter A. Garretson discusses the possibility that satellites in orbit can be a source of energy for the future.
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May 22, 2009
Op-Ed
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
Peter A. Garretson discusses the launch of orbiting solar collectors into space as a solution for energy security and climate change.
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March 18, 2009
Testimony
Bruce W. MacDonald, author of the Council Special Report China, Space Weapons, and U.S. Security testifies before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and focuses on three questions: 1) Does U.S. overall space policy advance space security? 2) Does the United States invest resources so as to best protect and defend space assets? 3) What role can diplomacy play in advancing space security?
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January 23, 2009
Must Read
James Lovelock, the originator of the Gaia theory, which describes Earth as a self-regulating planet, has a stark view of the future of humanity.
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September 18, 2008
News Release
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September 2008
Council Special Report No. 38
Council Special Report
In this report, Bruce W. MacDonald illuminates the strategic landscape of military space competition between the United States and China and highlights the dangers and opportunities the United States confronts in space.
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February 21, 2008
Op-Ed
Los Angeles Times
Charles D. Ferguson and Bruce W. MacDonald argue that by demonstrating its anti-satellite capability, the U.S. “was stepping briefly across a dangerous threshold, undercutting American and international criticism of China and threatening an arms race in space.”
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October 15, 2007
Transcript
The panelists will discuss the October 4, 1957 launching of the Soviet satellite, Sputnik, its impact on the Cold War, and its role in propelling the Information Age.
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