For those of you who will be in the Washington DC area next week, there are a couple of space policy events of note to add to your calendars:
On the evening of Tuesday, February 17, the Georgetown Law Center’s Space Law Society will host a discussion titled “Mission to Mars or Mission Impossible?” The speakers will include former astronaut Rick Searfoss, PoliSpace president Jim Muncy, Ed Hudgins of the Objectivist Center, and Univ. of Maryland professor Robert Park, who the press release identifies as “Physicist and Space Critic”. The event starts at 6:30 pm on the 12th floor of 120 F St. NW.
At noon on Friday, February 20, the George C Marshall Institute will hold a discussion titled “Evaluating the New Space Policy: A Panel Discussion”. Speakers include Robert Butterworth, president of Aries Analytics; Richard Buenneke of the Aerospace Corporation; and Stu Nozette, a DARPA program manager. The event will be in room B-340 of the Rayburn House Office Building; the event is free but an RSVP is required.
