Space Policy

In our opinion: Editorial: Privately funded rocket start of a new space age

24 May 2012

Tuesday's launch of the first private-sector funded orbiting rocket was a momentous milestone in the history of space...

SpaceX Flight Launches: Could Private Space Make NASA Irrelevant?

23 May 2012

NASA took a giant leap toward effective irrelevance today with the 10:43 AM launch of the Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida

SchoolBook: Religious Space for Crowded Schools: Godsend or Trouble?

22 May 2012

City lawyers have been arguing for years that letting religious groups rent space in public schools for Sunday worship violates the separation of church and state and could confuse students about the schools’ secular identity. At the same time, the city has increasingly been turning to the religious establishments to rent classroom space – to relieve school overcrowding – a policy that WNYC ...