(sorry for the resend)
Hey folks:
Sorry to keep up the off-topic chatter, but I wanted to introduce myself
and suggest that those who are interested can contact me off the list-serv.
There is a whole crowd of us working issues of space from a policy
perspective, including
* The Advanced Methods of Cooperative Security Program at the
University of Maryland (http://www.cissm.umd.edu/),
* The Space Security Project at the Center for Defense Information
(http://www.cdi.org/),
* The Space Security Project at the Henry L. Stimson Center
(http://www.stimson.org/home.cfm), and<>
* The Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org/)
A school of thought within the Pentagon (especially the E-Ring) says
controlling access to space, including access to information about the
orbital environment, is a vital national security interest. Those folks
are, not surprisingly, often hostile to visual satellite observers.
If the four projects listed here share something in common, we share the
sense that controlling access to space is a short-sighted, futile and
counterproductive endeavor that won't advance anyone's security
interests in the long-run.
I'd be happy to continue this discussion off-line. I recently wrote a
thought piece about how the Air Force ought to approach the sharing of
orbital data (http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/about/) and, at a recent
Workshop on Outer Space and Security in Geneva, Switzerland (25-26 March
2004) another colleague suggested that an international,
non-governmental provider of orbital data would foster cooperation in space.
Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself and suggest that we keep this
discussion alive over private channels.
Jeffrey Lewis
University of Maryland
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