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COMMENTARY  READ IT
Nuclear Propulsion - The affordable alternative.
INTERNATIONAL BEAT
Air freight revival: Real or a mirage?
WASHINGTON WATCH  read it
Controversy and doubts in defense and space.
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
Defense giants reshape UAV industry.
SPACE UPDATE 
Transforming human spaceflight.
ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK
Phantom Torso takes solar blasts for science.
SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE
Cloud computing: Coming full circle.
OUT OF THE PAST
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

DOES THE FINAL FRONTIER
HAVE A FUTURE?
Debating America's Next Steps in Human Spaceflight
On November 2, 2009, AIAA hosted an important public policy panel in which key members of the aerospace industry debated America's next steps in human spaceflight.   Access the following Web page for the panel presentations, audio recordings, and other relevant multimedia links.

Features
MILITARY ACQUISITIONS: THE SHIFTING TREND
Sweeping changes in the military's approach to acquisitions will affect nearly every major development and production program.
by J.R. Wilson
CHOOSING THE PATHWAY TO SPACE  Read it
A presidentially appointed panel finds NASA's human spacelfight program has too little money and too few options.
by Frank Sietzen Jr.
DEFINING A SUBSIDY
What constitutes fair and unfair state support for airliner programs remains unclear, even in recent rulings.
by Philip Butterworth-Hayes

AIAA MEMBERS RESPOND TO THE AUGUSTINE COMMISSION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

As the findings emerge from the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, AIAA members have offered some thought-provoking recommendations for and alternatives to the current program. Here are the first two: “Comments on a Continuing Space Program,” by Adelbert O. Tischler and “Rover and NERVA—Proven Technology for Human Space Exploration,” by Stanley V. Gunn and Ernest Y. Robinson. A new article was added on 30 October, "Comments on Future U.S. Space Programs," by William C. Strobl.

If you have a discussion you would like to share, or a comment on this piece, please send it to elainec@aiaa.org.

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