The George Washington University is a private federally-chartered research university in Washington,D.C. Originally named Columbian College,it was chartered in 1821 by the United States Congress and is the first university founded under Washington D.C.'s jurisdiction. It is one of nation's six federally chartered universities.
George Michael Low was an administrator at NASA and the 14th president of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Low was one of the senior NASA officials who made decisions as manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office in the Apollo program of crewed missions to the Moon.
Norman Ralph "Norm" Augustine is a U.S. aerospace businessman who served as United States Under Secretary of the Army from 1975 to 1977. Augustine served as chairman and CEO of the Lockheed Martin Corporation. He was chairman of the Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee.
Robert Bruce Zoellick is an American public official and lawyer who was the 11th president of the World Bank Group,a position he held from July 1,2007,to June 30,2012. He was previously a managing director of Goldman Sachs,United States Deputy Secretary of State and U.S. Trade Representative,from February 7,2001,until February 22,2005. Zoellick has been a senior fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs since ending his term with the World Bank. He is currently a Senior Counselor at Brunswick Group.
Shana L. Dale is an American politician and lawyer. She served as the Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the George W. Bush administration from 2005 to 2009.
Dwayne Allen Day is an American space historian and policy analyst and served as an investigator for the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.
John Logsdon is the founder and from 1987 to 2008 was the director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University.
The Elliott School of International Affairs is the professional school of international relations,foreign policy,and international development of the George Washington University,in Washington,D.C. It is highly ranked in international affairs and is the largest school of international relations in the United States.
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is a council,chartered in each administration with a broad mandate to advise the president of the United States on science and technology. The current PCAST was established by Executive Order 13226 on September 30,2001,by George W. Bush,was re-chartered by Barack Obama's April 21,2010,Executive Order 13539,by Donald Trump's October 22,2019,Executive Order 13895,and by Joe Biden's February 1,2021,Executive Order 14007.
George William Samuel Abbey was an American NASA administrator and United States Air Force pilot. Graduating from the Air Force Institute of Technology as an electrical engineer,he then served in the United States Air Force and the Apollo program. He subsequently became director of flight crews for the Space Shuttle,then director of the Johnson Space Center. Honors include the NASA Exceptional Service Medal,the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal,three NASA Distinguished Service Medals and the 1970 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The Space Exploration Initiative was a 1989–1993 space public policy initiative of the George H. W. Bush administration.
Gerald D. Griffin is an American aeronautical engineer and former NASA official,who served as a flight director during the Apollo program and director of Johnson Space Center,succeeding Chris Kraft in 1982.
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. International treaties,such as the 1967 Outer Space Treaty,attempt to maximize the peaceful uses of space and restrict the militarization of space.
The National Space Council is a body within the Executive Office of the President of the United States created in 1989 during the George H. W. Bush administration,disbanded in 1993,and reestablished in June 2017 by the Donald Trump administration. It is a modified version of the earlier National Aeronautics and Space Council (1958–1973).
The Swiss Space Office (SSO) is the federal government's competence centre for national and international space matters. In its role it cooperates closely with other federal offices and is responsible for the preparation and implementation of the policy and strategic orientations of the space domain in Switzerland. The SSO is part of the State Secretariat for Education,Research,and Innovation. The Head of the SSO is Dr. Renato Krpoun.
The space policy of the United States includes both the making of space policy through the legislative process,and the implementation of that policy in the United States' civilian and military space programs through regulatory agencies. The early history of United States space policy is linked to the US–Soviet Space Race of the 1960s,which gave way to the Space Shuttle program. At the moment,the US space policy is aimed at the exploration of the Moon and the subsequent colonization of Mars.
Wanda M. Austin is a former president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation. She was both the first woman,and the first African-American,to hold this position. Austin also served as interim president for the University of Southern California,following the resignation of C. L. Max Nikias. She was both the first woman,and the first African-American,to hold this position.
Edward Randolph "Randy" Jayne II is an American retired government official,business executive,military officer,and combat pilot. During his career,he worked in the defense industry and served in the White House Office under three successive United States presidents. Prior to his business career,Jayne spent over ten years on active duty in the United States Air Force,including two tours as a fighter pilot in Southeast Asia. Jayne served in the Air National Guard and retiring after 34 years of service as a major general. From 2015 to 2017,he was chairman of the board of the US Air Force Academy Foundation,the fundraising organization for that institution. In 2019,Jayne was named an Outstanding Graduate of the United States Air Force Academy,an honor bestowed as of that time on 41 alumni over the more than sixty years of the Academy's existence.
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) is a non-profit international student organization whose purpose is to drive space advocacy of space exploration and development through educational and engineering projects.
Greg Autry is an American space policy expert,educator,entrepreneur and author. He is the Clinical Professor (FSC) and Director of the Thunderbird Initiative for Space Leadership,Policy,and Business at the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University. He previously served as Chair of the Safety Working Group on the COMSTAC;his two-year tenure ended in 2022. He was an assistant professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship in Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Prior to that,he served as an adjunct professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the Merage School of Business at the University of California,Irvine. Autry served on the NASA Agency Review Team for the incoming Trump administration in 2016 and temporarily as the White House Liaison at NASA in 2017. He holds an MBA and PhD from the University of California,Irvine.
