2013-05-28T11:00:15Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/outer-space.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2001/04/08/ND.html Apr 8, 2001 Apr 8, 2001

Published commentary by RAND staff.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2003/08/01/AM.html Aug 1, 2003 Aug 1, 2003

The Atlantic Monthly Magazine features a compilation of ten short essays written by experts at RAND, collectively titled Headlines Over the Horizon. The RAND authors examined developments in international and military affairs drawing little attention today that are expected to be major issues in the next three to five years.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2004/12/13/SN.html Dec 13, 2004 Dec 13, 2004

Published commentary by RAND staff

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2006/01/13/IHT.html Jan 13, 2006 Jan 13, 2006

Published commentary by RAND staff: Let's Avoid Another Trans-Atlantic Feud, in International Herald Tribune.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/04/02/CNN.html Apr 2, 2009 Apr 2, 2009

<p>Celestial real estate is increasingly popular. All in all more than 900 satellites, along with tens of thousands of bits of man-made space detritus, jockey for elbow room overhead. The result: a growing threat our atmosphere will soon become so crowded with floating junk as to become almost unusable, write Caroline Reilly and Peter D. Zimmerman.</p>

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2013/02/12/RAND1.html Feb 12, 2013 Feb 12, 2013

Sea Launch's recent failure means more than just a lost payload and revenue for Intelsat: It means the status quo for launch services will continue for a while longer, write Dave Baiocchi and William Welser.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2013/02/20/RAND.html Feb 20, 2013 Feb 20, 2013

While the event in Russia was caused by a medium-sized (10,000-ton) meteor, larger objects, like the asteroid 2012 DA14 that also passed near Earth last week, have the potential to be significantly more damaging, write Dave Baiocchi and William Welser.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2013/03/15/rand.html Mar 15, 2013 Mar 15, 2013

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2013/04/01/AV.html Apr 1, 2013 Apr 1, 2013

Even in the face of a budgetary spending cap and the ever-looming possibility of new cuts, NASA continues investing in a robust and diverse human spaceflight program. But with fiscal uncertainty expected to continue, it should consider reordering its spending priorities.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2006/08/16.html Aug 16, 2006 Aug 16, 2006

August 16, 2006 News Release: New Family of Space-Launch Vehicles Likely to Meet National Security Needs Through 2020, But No Commercial Cost-Sharing Is Likely.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/CB136-1.html Oct 8, 2007 Oct 8, 2007

<p>Seminal guide from 1958 on the uses and characteristics of space systems, including astronautics and its applications, technology, rocket vehicles, propulsion systems, propellants, internal power sources, guidance, communication, and more.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/CB179-1.html Oct 8, 2007 Oct 8, 2007

<p><em>Habitable Planets for Man</em> examines and estimates the probabilities of finding planets habitable to human beings, where they might be found, and the number there may be in our own galaxy.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/CB183-1.html Oct 9, 2007 Oct 9, 2007

<p>Endeavors to determine &mdash; on the basis of then-current biological and cosmological knowledge &mdash; whether there are other worlds where man can survive or where human life may even now be flourishing.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF177.html Jan 1, 2003 Jan 1, 2003

<p>Today's security environment and rethinking of military doctrine are affected by the growing availability of advanced commercial technologies. These proceedings address aspects of international air and space activities, such as how they affect global and national security, application of commercial technologies and systems to operational exercises, and interoperability among coalition partners with differing technological capabilities.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP22-2011-04.html Apr 29, 2011 Apr 29, 2011

Stories discuss gays in the military, police recruitment, home health care, breast cancer, health insurance exchanges, alternative fuels, refinery taxes, alcohol prices, outer space debris, mental illness, diplomatic trends, and health care costs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB135.html Jan 1, 1996 Jan 1, 1996

Assessing the Future Role and Conduct of the Army Space Exploitation Demonstration Program (ASEDP)

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB316.html Jan 1, 2000 Jan 1, 2000

http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU683.html Jan 1, 1994 Jan 1, 1994

Emerging Global Positioning System (GPS) Applications in a Global Information Infrastructure

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19610301.html Jan 1, 1961 Jan 1, 1961

<p>Upper air densities obtained by means of rockets and satellites in the region from 100 to about 800 km are presented.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19610401.html Jan 1, 1961 Jan 1, 1961

<p>Solar stream distortion of the geomagnetic field, polar auroras, electrojets.</p>