Space Exploration

Space Exploration

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Regulating Space, Threats to Critical Infrastructure, Psychedelics: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the need for governance in outer space, why the recent FAA system failure was a wake-up call, the changing policy landscape around psychedelic therapies, and more.
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Jan 20, 2023

Gun Policy

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U.S. Gun Laws, China's COVID Outbreak, Space in 2050: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on gun policy in America, the myth of America's “Ukraine fatigue,” the COVID outbreak in China, and more.
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Jan 13, 2023
Space Science and Technology

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What Might Space Look Like in 2050?
It would not take huge technological breakthroughs to make space and space travel a much bigger part of everyday life. Instead, it would take a steady progression of incremental advances—and one development in particular could provide the tipping point.
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Jan 5, 2023
International Law

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The Calls for More Progress on Space Governance Are Growing Louder
Space may seem infinite, but the narrow band that hugs the Earth, where satellites and space stations operate, is not. Existing space treaties won't be enough to keep satellites safe, to prevent crowding and collisions, and to preserve the promise of outer space.
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Jan 5, 2023
China

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Taiwan, Putin's Holy War, Mining the Moon: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on why China likely won't attack Taiwan anytime soon, Vladimir Putin's “holy war” in Ukraine, why it's time to make rules for space-mining, and more.
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Nov 25, 2022
Space Exploration

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Governance in Space: Mining the Moon and Beyond
Without further cooperation and agreement among space powers, multiple, competing governance systems may end up being established, further increasing potential for conflict. The time to address this issue is now, so that the use of deep-space resources contributes to prosperity, security, and freedom on Earth and throughout the solar system.
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Nov 18, 2022
The Hill
Jan Osburg, Mary Lee @MaryLee_PhD
Veterans Health Care

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Veterans Health Care, Media Literacy, Sleep Retreats: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the challenges of VA community care, the importance of improving middle schoolers' media literacy skills, tips to improve sleep, and more.
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Sep 9, 2022
Teachers and Teaching

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Back to School, Vaccinating Kids, Space Security: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the well-being of America's educators, the effort to vaccinate kids and teens, security in outer space, and more.
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Sep 2, 2022
Security Cooperation

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Reduce Friction in Space by Amending the 1967 Outer Space Treaty
Space has the potential to be a domain in which current great-power competitions and frictions can be mediated. The international community might consider updating the existing space legal regime to ensure it meets current political, economic, social, and technical challenges.
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Aug 26, 2022
War on the Rocks
Douglas C. Ligor @DougLigor
Media Literacy

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Truth Decay, School Lunch Nutrition, Regulating Space: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on tackling Truth Decay, how tech experts view the military's use of artificial intelligence, a new approach to regulating outer space, and more.
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May 13, 2022
Space Exploration

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Outer Space and the Veil of Ignorance: An Alternative Way to Think About Space Regulation
There are currently no international binding rules that would address growing threats in space. Without more-defined and enforceable rules of war regarding space and space assets, the danger of a destructive conflict in space grows significantly.
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May 9, 2022
Fast Company
Douglas C. Ligor @DougLigor, Luke J. Matthews
Ukraine

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The West's Response to Russia, the State of the Union, Outer Space: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on how to prevent Russia's war on Ukraine from becoming a war with NATO, insights from RAND on the State of the Union, the future of outer space, and more.
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Mar 4, 2022
Space Exploration

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Where Chinese Science Fiction and RAND History Meet
Senior policy analyst Sale Lilly read about renowned RAND researcher Bill Mathers in an award-winning Chinese science fiction trilogy—but somehow had never heard of him before.
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Sep 2, 2021
RAND Review
Sale Lilly @SaleLilly
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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The Fight Against COVID, Sexual Violence in the Military, Disinformation on Social Media: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the ongoing fight against COVID-19, countering sexual assault and sexual harassment in the military, disinformation on social media, and more.
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Jul 23, 2021
Information Operations

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COVID-19 Disinformation, Biden's Address, Leaving Afghanistan: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on Russian and Chinese campaigns to spread malign and subversive information on COVID-19, President Biden's address to Congress, the planned U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and more.
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Apr 30, 2021
Delphi Method

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How Accurate Were Predictions for the Future?
Anticipating the risks and opportunities posed by all kinds of change is a RAND specialty. In 1964, using RAND's now-famous Delphi method, experts pondered topics like medical advancements, space, artificial intelligence, and controlling the weather.
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Jul 14, 2020
Space Exploration

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Pursuing the Extraordinary Through Space Exploration
NASA astronaut Dr. Mae C. Jemison delivered RAND's 2018 Haskins Lecture. She discussed how the pursuit of interstellar travel benefits society, the vital role science plays in our lives, and the importance of continued investment in research and technology.
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Jan 25, 2018
Space Science and Technology

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Mining the Moon for Rocket Fuel to Get Us to Mars
Students from around the world participated in the 2017 Caltech Space Challenge. They proposed designs of what a lunar launch and supply station for deep space missions might look like, and how it would work.
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May 16, 2017
The Conversation
Gary Li, Danielle DeLatte, et al.
Space Science and Technology

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Don't Worry About Russia Backing Away from Space and WMD Cooperation
Two symbols of U.S.-Russian cooperation are nearing the end of their life expectancies, the International Space Station and the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. But both stand as remarkable milestones of achievement and reminders of what can be accomplished when nations put aside political differences for the betterment of humanity.
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Feb 27, 2015
U.S. News & World Report
Lisa Saum-Manning
Space Science and Technology

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Space Talk Launches Politics Aside
Hundreds of guests packed the Cary Grant Theatre at Sony Studios Thursday night to kick off RAND's biennial Politics Aside event with a panel discussion on space technology, policy, and leadership.
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Nov 14, 2014
Space Exploration

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A Public-Private Model for Funding Space Missions
The future of manned space flight, including missions to Mars and other deep space destinations, will likely depend on the combined resources of governments and commercial enterprises, say Dave Baiocchi and William Welser.
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Jul 23, 2013
Military Budgets and Defense Spending

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Kill the Space Launch System to Save Human Spaceflight
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.
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Apr 5, 2013
Aviation Week & Space Technology
Peter A. Wilson
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A Future for U.S.-China Space Cooperation?
Published commentary by RAND staff
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Dec 13, 2004
Space News
John C. Baker, Kevin L. Pollpeter

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Women veterans and other advocates have raised concerns that the old version of the mission statement…contributed directly to [a] feeling of being unrecognized. Replacing this signage could demonstrate that the department takes their concerns seriously, and the department worked carefully to incorporate employee and veteran feedback when developing its new mission statement.

Kayla M. Williams

Senior Policy Researcher

Source: The Hill

The constant for a lot of my work is 'teacher voice'—just trying to bring teachers' perspectives into policymaking. Teachers on the ground really do face so many challenges, and so it's important that we highlight their experiences and what they view as potential solutions.

Ashley Woo

Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND, and Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School

Source: RAND Review