MIT工程系统部【研究生课程】ESD.129.空间政策研讨会.Space.Policy.Seminar.pdf

Space Policy Seminar
As taught in: Spring 2003

International Space Station photographed from the departing Space Shuttle Atlantis. (Image courtesy of NASA.)

Instructors:
Prof. Daniel Hastings
Prof. Jeffrey Hoffman
MIT Course Number:
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Level:
Graduate

Course Description
The seminar explores current issues in space policy as well as the historical roots for the issues. Emphasis on critical
policy bined with serious technical analysis. The range of issues covers national security space policy,
civil space policy, as well mercial space policy. Issues explored include: the GPS dilemma, the International
Space Station choices, commercial launch from foreign countries, and the fate of satellite-based cellular systems.

Syllabus
Course Meeting Times
Lectures: 1 sessions / week, 2 hours / session
Course Objectives
 Understand the importance of space policy.


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 Understand the stakeholders in the space enterprise.
 Understand the history of the space enterprise.
 Understand the body of law that governs what we do in space.
 Gain a feel for current space policy issues.
Reading List
There are two required texts for the course:
McDougall, Walter A. The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age. New York: Basic Books, 1985.
Launius, Roger D., and Howard E.