IS 323 - Space Policy

Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Credit Hours: 3

This course introduces cadets to the theory of practice and policymaking for the outer space frontier. Topics considered include the geopolitical significance of historical and contemporary spaceflight programs, the rise of private space commerce and its relationship to public policy, the development of the United States Space Force, and the future of space exploration and exploitation. Scholarly readings from political science and history are supplemented by primary source materials from governments and corporations as well as selections from fiction and futures studies.