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April 7
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Guy Ben-Ari, fellow, International Security Program, was quoted by Defense News "’Managed Economy' Pressures Smaller U.S. Space Firms to Consolidate."
When the U.S. Defense Department launches a satellite, it basically has one choice - United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing. And when it wants to build a satellite, the selection is nearly as limited. [. . .] Unlike in the United States, smaller satellite companies take the lead on large government space programs abroad. Examples include France and the United Kingdom, a leader in the micro and nano satellite domain, and Israel, whose resources and requirements have made smaller satellites more attractive than the larger satellites the United States uses, said Guy Ben-Ari, a fellow of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Read More
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February 21
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Vincent Sabathier, director of the CSIS Human Space Exploration Initiative, was quoted by Forbes magazine, "A New Space Race?"
Washington, D.C. - China isn't happy about the United States shooting down a dead spy satellite this week, and no one should be surprised. As a new race for space gets under way between the two countries, expect an escalation of rhetoric in the years to come."We criticized them," says Vincent Sabathier, director of the human space exploration program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "As a result, they say, 'Well, you are doing exactly the same thing.' "Read the article
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February 7
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Vincent Sabathier, director of the CSIS Human Space Exploration Initiative, was quoted by the USA Today, "More Countries Joining in International Space Race."
China also plans to send humans to the moon in roughly 2025, says Vincent Sabathier, who studies global space policy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. There is "huge public support" in China for a moon mission, he says.Read the article
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February 7
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Vincent Sabathier, director of the CSIS Human Space Exploration Initiative, was quoted by the Houston Chronicle, "Atlantis Launch Appears Iffy Because of Weather."
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. — With its aging space shuttle fleet facing mandatory retirement in two years, NASA planned to launch the first of 13 final flights today after a two-month delay. Vincent Sabathier, a space policy analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank, said the shuttles could have trouble keeping up with NASA's launch timeline. "With all of the launches you have problems," Sabathier said. "It does not run smoothly. You need to investigate further. That's the nature of the business. So, you have delays most of the time." Read the article
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February 3
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Vincent Sabathier, director of the CSIS Human Space Exploration Initiative, and Ryan Faith, Program Manager, had a commentary published in the Orlando Sentinel, "Presidential Leadership Can Propel U.S. Space Program."
This year, the 50th anniversary of the launch of Explorer I, the first U.S. satellite, has seen leading candidates from both parties taking an early interest in space. In fact, it has been the earliest appearance of space in a presidential contest since the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon election. The candidates have generally supported a balanced and robust space program, but there has been little discussion about what this actually means. NASA today is faced with great uncertainty, stemming from the retirement of the shuttle, to questions about access and utilization of the international space station. These unanswered issues are of vital concern for the United States and its international partners, and the U.S. will need to make serious choices about ending existing programs to prepare for the return to the moon.Read the article
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January 8
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Vincent Sabathier, director of the CSIS Human Space Exploration Initiative, was quoted by USA Today, "Shuttle Delays Endanger Space Station."
Like many home-improvement projects on Earth, NASA's most ambitious building effort in space languishes half-done. Now new delays, combined with the space shuttle's looming retirement, are raising worries about whether it can be finished at all. [...] "It's certain" that the shuttle won't be able to pull off all 13 flights before late 2010, says Vincent Sabathier, a former European Space Agency official now at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "It's an aging system. … And delays are the nature of the game in space launches." Read the article
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