Space Policy

Directions for the future september 1969.

Space policy. Space policy intersects with science policy since national space programs often perform or fund research in space science and also with defense policy for. To do so and to strengthen national resilience it is the policy of the united states that executive departments and agencies agencies will foster practices within government space operations and. President donald trump signs spd 1 in 2017. The new policy leans farther forward in support of u s.

Space policy is the political decision making process for and application of public policy of a state regarding spaceflight and uses of outer space both for civilian and military purposes. Business interests than any previous space policy. The term commercial for the purposes of this policy refers to space goods services or activities pro vided by private sector enterprises that bear a reasonable portion of the investment risk and respon sibility for the activity operate in accordance with typical market based incentives for controlling cost and optimizing return on investment and have the legal capacity to offer these goods or services to existing or potential nongovernmental customers. On june 28 2010 president obama issued a national space policy directive providing comprehensive guidance for all government activities in space including the commercial civil and national security space sectors.

The csps is part of the aerospace corporation a nonprofit organization that advises the government on complex space enterprise and systems engineering problems. Space policy is an international interdisciplinary journal which draws on the fields of international relations economics history aerospace studies security studies development studies political science and ethics to provide discussion and analysis of space activities in their political economic industrial legal cultural and social contexts. International treaties such as the 1967 outer space treaty attempt to maximize the peaceful uses of space and restrict the militarization of space. The center for space policy and strategy is dedicated to shaping the future by providing nonpartisan research and strategic analysis to decisionmakers.

Space policy directives spds provide information on u s. The outer space treaty of 1967 the united nations treaty on principles governing the activities of states in the exploration and use of outer space including the moon and other celestial bodies the post apollo space program.