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Author: Sean O'Keefe

Sean O’Keefe is a Distinguished Senior Adviser at CSIS and a University Professor and the Howard and Louise Phanstiel endowed Chair in Strategic Management and Leadership at the Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Formerly, Mr. O'Keefe served as the Administrator of NASA, Secretary of the Navy, and other distinguished appointed positions within the government.

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Space and Security: A Conversation with Sean O’Keefe

By Todd Harrison, Sean O'Keefe

PublishedNovember 16, 2015

Todd Harrison sat down with former NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe to discuss how the U.S. military’s increasing reliance on space-based capabilities raises a number of issues, such as how to deter threats and increase cooperation with partners and allies in space.

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So What’s the Big Deal About Mars InSight?

By Sean O'Keefe

PublishedDecember 3, 2018

Why go to Mars? The InSight vehicle is designed to examine the Mars interior—its core and crust—to learn how the planetary formations may have been different from ours and look for evidence of seismic or other events that may explain its hellish reality today.