ATI's Space Policy:
An Evolutionary Perspective on Civil, Commercial, and Military Space Programs course

Summary: The Space Policy Professional Development Course provides a comprehensive analysis of space policy trends and developments encompassing the United States civil, commercial, and military space programs. This three-day (21 hour) course is based on lectures, discussions, and the use of a book by Eligar Sadeh, Space Politics and Policy: An Evolutionary Perspective, as well as additional articles and publications that deal with space policy. The course examines the processes of space policy at several levels of analysis including agenda setting, formulation, implementation, and policy outcomes. Agenda setting concerns the historical context of the space age, the rationales used to justify space programs, and the advocates of those programs. Formulation focuses on the political actors and institutions, and the role they play in establishing space policy. Implementation deals with the administration and management of space programs. The policy outcomes addressed in this course are as follows: space and the environment; international space law; space commerce; international space cooperation; and military space policy. Instructor: Dr. Eligar Sadeh serves as an Assistant Professor of Space Studies in the School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota, as a Research Associate with the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, as Editor of Astropolitics: The International Journal of Space Politics and Policy, and on the Editorial Board of the academic journal Space Policy. Sadeh also worked at Lockheed-Martin as a Space Systems Engineer, and instructs professional development courses for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and for the United Space Alliance Training Academy. He is a recognized expert on space policy with sponsored research, and invited interviews, presentations, and testimonies involving, among others: NASA, Routledge, Center for Space and Defense Studies at the United States Air Force Academy, National Defense University, Tauri Group, Congressional Quarterly, United States Government Accountability Office, World Affairs Council of America, History Channel International, and National Public Radio. What you will learn: This course is intended for aerospace and space professionals in governmental, nongovernmental, industrial, and commercial sectors interested in how space policy impacts their work environment. The course is also relevant for decision-makers involved in strategic planning, executive managers, program and project managers, and lecturers and students of space policy issues. Course participants will learn about the following: Space policy trends and developments Administration and management of space projects and programs Space law Space commercialization International space cooperation Military space policy Course Outline: Setting the Agenda for Space Policy Historical Dimensions of the Space Age Rationales of the Space Program Space Advocacy Coalitions and Space Policy Formulation of Space Policy Presidents and Space Policy Congress and Space Policy Implementation of Space Policy Bureaucracy and the Space Program Management of the Space Program Space Policy Outcomes Space and the Environment dealing with Earth observation data policies Space Law in regard to the Outer Space Treaty Regime and Principles of International Space Law Space economics focused on the role that the government plays in fostering space commerce International Space Cooperation pertaining to the dynamics of government-to-government cooperation and the multinational characteristics of commercial space cooperation Military space policy, doctrines, and mission areas Tuition: Tuition for this three-day course is $1390 per person at one of our scheduled public courses. Onsite pricing is available. Please call us at 410-956-8805 or send an email to ati@ATIcourses.com. Register Now Without Obligation