A New Global Environment for Space Policy Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/32-4/ The best minds on the most important topics. Mon, 15 Nov 2021 02:21:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png A New Global Environment for Space Policy Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/32-4/ 32 32 Detroit Industry Murals https://issues.org/diego-rivera/ https://issues.org/diego-rivera/#respond Mon, 01 Oct 2018 20:27:26 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=16853 The Detroit Industry murals by prominent Mexican artist Diego Rivera pay tribute to Detroit’s manufacturing base and labor force. In the first half of the twentieth century, Detroit was the center of… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/diego-rivera/feed/ 0 Cassini Mission to Saturn https://issues.org/cassini-mission-to-saturn/ https://issues.org/cassini-mission-to-saturn/#respond Thu, 27 Sep 2018 20:42:49 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=16666 The Cassini mission to Saturn is a joint endeavor of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the European Space Agency, and the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana. Cassini is a sophisticated robotic spacecraft… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/cassini-mission-to-saturn/feed/ 0 Seventeen Months on the Chemical Safety Board https://issues.org/seventeen-months-on-the-chemical-safety-board/ https://issues.org/seventeen-months-on-the-chemical-safety-board/#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2017 13:24:40 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=14492 On August 6, 2012, a pipe in the Chevron refinery in Richmond, CA, ruptured and leaked flammable fluid. The fluid partially vaporized into a cloud that engulfed 19 employees and then ignited.… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/seventeen-months-on-the-chemical-safety-board/feed/ 0 You’re a Mile Away and You Have Their Shoes https://issues.org/youre-a-mile-away-and-you-have-their-shoes/ https://issues.org/youre-a-mile-away-and-you-have-their-shoes/#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2017 12:57:10 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=14494 They wouldn’t tell me my name when I woke up, because they said that would corrupt the experiment. Instead, they told me my neutral reference: Miss Scarlet. Then they sat me down… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/youre-a-mile-away-and-you-have-their-shoes/feed/ 0 Putting a Price on Ecosystem Services https://issues.org/putting-a-price-on-ecosystem-services/ https://issues.org/putting-a-price-on-ecosystem-services/#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2017 12:54:31 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=14487 “Ecosystem services” are in vogue. When I first encountered the term a quarter century ago, only a small cadre of scientists and advocates was using it. Now ecosystem services seem to be… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/putting-a-price-on-ecosystem-services/feed/ 0 Science and Democracy https://issues.org/science-and-democracy/ https://issues.org/science-and-democracy/#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2017 12:50:12 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=14481 Most scientists, I suspect, view the rise of Donald Trump as primarily the work of two competing factions: the financial and political elite, whose failures have fuelled public dissatisfaction, and the sometimes-unruly… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/science-and-democracy/feed/ 0 The Potential of More Efficient Buildings https://issues.org/perspective-the-potential-of-more-efficient-buildings/ https://issues.org/perspective-the-potential-of-more-efficient-buildings/#comments Wed, 12 Apr 2017 12:46:53 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=14473 The recent global agreement on climate change places much needed emphasis on the key role that innovation in energy technologies can play in finding practical solutions. But the priorities identified by the… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/perspective-the-potential-of-more-efficient-buildings/feed/ 1 From the Hill – Summer 2016 https://issues.org/from-the-hill-10/ https://issues.org/from-the-hill-10/#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2017 12:43:36 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=14471 Congress advances spending bills for NSF, NASA, Energy, and USDA
In mid-May, the House Appropriations Committee approved FY 2017 spending bills covering the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Agriculture,… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/from-the-hill-10/feed/ 0 Civil Society’s Role in a Public Health Crisis https://issues.org/civil-societys-role-in-a-public-health-crisis/ https://issues.org/civil-societys-role-in-a-public-health-crisis/#respond Mon, 05 Dec 2016 16:57:43 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=14483 When the next major pandemic strikes, it will be accompanied by something never before seen in human history: an explosion of billions of texts, tweets, e-mails, blogs, photos, and videos rocketing across… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/civil-societys-role-in-a-public-health-crisis/feed/ 0 Donald Trump’s Voters and the Decline of American Manufacturing https://issues.org/donald-trumps-voters-and-the-decline-of-american-manufacturing/ https://issues.org/donald-trumps-voters-and-the-decline-of-american-manufacturing/#respond Wed, 07 Sep 2016 20:44:29 +0000 http://issues.org/?p=14477 Who are Donald Trump’s voters? What do they want? Observers call them angry, but anger has root causes and grievances. A December 2015 Washington Post-ABC News poll tells what we already… Read More

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