1st Edition
Defining Aerospace Policy Essays in Honor of Francis T. Hoban
Featuring contributions from many of the most prominent contemporary figures in the US aerospace community, this book provides unprecedented insights into the ways in which aerospace policy is developed and implemented. Based on a wide range of real-life case studies and the personal experiences of those directly involved, its coverage includes some of the most influential and wide-ranging policies of modern times, including: the privatization of the Canadian air navigation system; government-industry cooperation; Leasecraft; NASA and the evolution of the hush kit; US activities to reduce launch costs; the emergence of a spaceport policy; VentureStar; issues in institutional restructuring: the problem with the FAA. Contributed in memory of Frank Hoban, the book compiles the work of a NASA funded team at George Mason University working on various institutional aspects of the aerospace policy and the aerospace industry, and also seeking out new directions for using the insights gathered from the NASA and other programs. The readership will include the management of aerospace companies and government agencies, especially in North America but also elsewhere, eg Europe (ESA), Russia and Japan. It will also include researchers and graduate students in university departments and agencies and other facilities.
Biography
Kenneth Button BA (East Anglia), MA (Leeds), PhD (Loughborough), FILT, FIHT, FCITI is Professor of Public Policy, Director of the Center for Transportation Policy and Operations, and Director of the Center for Aerospace Policy in the School of Public Policy, George Mason University, USA. He has published, or has in press, some 80 books. He is editor of the academic journals Transportation Research D: Transport and the Environment and the Journal of Air Transport Management . Julianne Lammersen-Baum is currently affiliated with the George Mason University School of Public Policy, and holds an MA (Georgetown University) and BA (Loyola Marymount University). Recently she has been involved with the George Mason University NASA/Continuing Career Program and has been responsible for publication of the final report on Spaceport Infrastructure Handbook produced under a joint agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. She has extensive experience in consultancy work in the field of economic analysis. Roger Stough is the Director of the Center for Regional Analysis and the Transportation and Aviation Policy Programs, and Associate Director of the Institute of Public Policy, at George Mason University, USA. He holds the Northern Virginia Endowed Chair in Public Policy. He holds a BS in International Trade and Economics from Ohio State University; an MA in Economic Geography from the University of South Carolina; and a Ph.D. in Geography and Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.
