W. Henry Lambright

W. Henry Lambright is a Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs and Political Science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Lambright serves as director of the Science and Technology Policy Program of the Center for Environmental Policy and Administration. He is also  a Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

His research interests include federal decision-making on space technology, environmental policy, trans-boundary issues, national security, the integration of science with policy, ecosystem management, biotechnology, technology transfer, and leadership issues. Lambright has written scores of articles and has written or edited eight books, including Why Mars: NASA and the Politics of Space Exploration, Powering Apollo: James E. Webb of NASA and Space Policy in the 21st Century.

Some of Lambright’s recent media features include:

• “First commercial space taxi a pit stop on Musk’s Mars quest” by Gulf News
• “AP FACT CHECK: Trump claim of saving space program off base” by WILX TV
• “From the Family Station Wagon to the Apollo Lunar Rover, My Dad’s Engineering Talent Had No Limits” by the Smithsonian Magazine
• “Americans Will Never Make Mars A Priority. Why Should That Stop Us?” by FiveThirtyEight
• “Mars Needs Lawyers” by FiveThirtyEight
• “A Cold War theory for why scientists and the government have become so estranged” by Vox