John Logsdon

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John Logsdon is chairman of the Space Policy Institute at The George Washington University.

Logsdon is on the board of directors of the Planetary Society, and was a member of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. He is frequently cited as an authority on space policy by press entities such as The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Logsdon is also a professor of political science and international affairs, and has been on the GWU faculty since 1970. He is also on the faculty of the International Space University, and held the first Chair in Space History at the National Air and Space Museum. Logsdon authored the entry on "space exploration" for the latest edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.

Logsdon holds a B.S. in physics from Xavier University (1960) and a Ph.D. in political science from New York University (1970).