A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government (US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest (find previous space policy roundups here):

• Schedule:
  • What’s Happening in Space Policy July 26-August 2, 2020 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA programs:
  • Democratic platform calls for continuity in NASA programs – SpaceNews
  • Opinion | America must return to the moon ‘as soon as possible’ – Harrison Schmitt/POLITICO
  • Mars and the year of Perseverance | TheHill
  • The pandemic’s effect on NASA science – The Space Review
• Congressional space:
  • Amendments to FY2021 Minibus Seek $2.6 Billion More for NASA, Changes For Other Civil Space Offices – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA management:
  • White House nominates Autry to be NASA CFO – SpaceNews
  • Dr. Greg Autry Announced as New NASA Chief Financial Officer: Former Vice President of Space Development for the National Space Society heads to D.C. – NSS
• Commercial human spaceflight:
  • Safety Panel Laments Lack of Congressional Action on Space Traffic Management – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • NASA safety panel has lingering doubts about Boeing Starliner quality control – SpaceNews
• Commercial space:
  • A Rush to Mine the Moon Will Be Good for Humanity | RealClearScience
  • Tracking space enterprises will change accounting, UAH professor says – UAH.edu
  • America’s second victory in space has lessons for today | TheHill
• Trump space:
  • White House report outlines integrated strategy for space exploration and development – SpaceNews
  • A New Era for Deep Space Exploration and Development – National Space Council, JULY 23, 2020 (pdf)
  • Space Council’s Moon to Mars Development Strategy – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• Space traffic:
  • CubeSats Get Close: Proximity Operation with Interesting Implications | The Aerospace Corporation
  • Satellites crowding low Earth orbits spark collision worries – The Washington Post
  • Tracking off-the-books satellites with low perigees – The Space Review
  • Pandemic won’t stop smallsat market takeoff to average 1,000 smallsats to be launched per year over 2020s | Euroconsult
• US states space:
  • It’s Time To Launch Hawaii’s Aerospace Industry – Honolulu Civil Beat
  • Spaceport amendment fails – The Brunswick News [Georgia]
  • U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter tried to speed review of spaceport with amendment – Savannah Morning News/Savannah, GA
  • Area north of Marquette chosen to be home to new space launch site, expected to create thousands of jobs – wnem.com
  • Upper Peninsula named as Vertical Launch and Autonomous Vehicle testing site | WNMU-FM
  • Preparing for launch – The Mining Journal
• US national security:
  • Launch:
    • Senate passes NDAA, removes section on national security space launch – SpaceNews
    • Industry executive: Defense Production Act small launch contracts should have been competed – SpaceNews
  • Weapons in space:
    • Arms Control in Outer Space: History and Prospects – Leonard David
    • Arms Control in Outer Space: History and Prospects by Christopher Ford – Arms Control & Int. Security Papers, Vol.1, Num.12 – July 24.2020 (pdf)
    • Raymond Asserts Russians Conducted ASAT Test Last Week – SpacePolicyOnline.com
    • Russia Tests a Satellite That Rams Other Satellites, US Says – Defense One
  • Sierra Nevada Wins DIU Contract For Experimental Space Station – Breaking Defense
  • The US needs to take action to deter near-peer rivals in space – c4isrnet.com
  • Space Force’s New Motto — Semper Supra – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Where do Space Force and Space Command fit into the Pentagon’s cyber plans? – c4isrnet.com

International space

• China:
  • U.S. and China to Launch Mars Missions, Vying for Space Supremacy – WSJ
  • Commentary: China marching to Mars for humanity’s better shared future – Xinhua
  • China successfully launches first Mars mission – Xinhua
  • China Focus: China’s first Mars mission faces unprecedented challenges – Xinhua
  • China’s newly-launched satellite to boost surveying, mapping capabilities – Xinhua
• Europe:
  • European Commission agrees to reduced space budget – SpaceNews
• India:
  • Unfavourable laws, policies hinder private participation in India’s space journey – DNAIndia.com
  • Chandrayaan-2 completes one year in space; all payloads performing well, says ISRO – DNAIndia.com
• Italy:
  • ‘Primo Space’ has lift-off: First Italian fund to invest in space economy – EIF.org
•  Japan:
  • Japan’s first space force commander on his squadron’s role, and Gundam: Interview – The Mainichi
  • Help Japanese space industry grow by promoting private development – The Japan News
  • Australia and Japan strengthen space collaborations – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Why Japan is emerging as NASA’s most important space partner | MIT Technology Review
• Russia:
  • Russia says satellite tests created no threats in outer space – TASS
  • SPACECOM Calls Out Apparent Russian Space Weapon Test – Air Force Magazine
  • Raymond Asserts Russians Conducted ASAT Test Last Week – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Russia just tested satellite-destroying tech in space, US Space Command claims – The Verge
  • Russia to refit Vostochny spaceport for crewed launches – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Russia and China likely to build joint Moon base – Roscosmos chief – TASS
• Serbia:
  • Space Café Special Recap: Serbian Case for Space from 23 July 2020 – SpaceWatch.Global
• UAE
  • Emiratis over the moon about launch of Hope Probe to Mars – GulfToday
  • UAE joins elite space race nations as Mars probe makes first contact – The National
  • First Mars mission from UAE aims to inspire a new generation of space scientists | National Geographic
  • UAE Mars mission: extraordinary feat shows how space exploration can benefit small nations
  • Why the UAE’s Hope Mars Orbiter is really a US mission for UAE’s students | Behind The Black
  • Emirates launches first Mars probe with help from UC Berkeley – Berkeley News
• UK:
  • UK Parliament to scrutinize OneWeb purchase – SpaceNews
  • British government finalizing launch regulations – SpaceNews
  • Questioning The UK Plan For OneWeb – SatNews
  • UK launches £15m space technology programme – EENewsEurope.com

Webcasts:

** Episode 21 July 15th Russian Co-Orbital ASAT Test – Michael Listner, Space Law & Policy Solutions

Preliminary thoughts on the orbital ASAT test performed by the Russian Federation on July 15th.

** Space ethics explainer: What are the restrictions for outer space travel? – Afternoons – ABC Radio

** Space Café WebTalk Recap: Niklas Hedman on Space Multilateralism – SpaceWatch.Global

In this week’s Space Cafè WebTalk, Niklas Hedman, Chief of the Committee, Policy and Legal Affairs Section of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) in Vienna talked about the governance phases under the 60 year history of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) and the “New Frontier” with increasing governance, commercial and scientific interests in planetary exploration, space resources, and planetary protection. The talk addressed the role of multilateralism in this “New Frontier” Era.

** E25 – What is Planetary Protection and Why Should We Care (Meg Abraham and Bhavya Lal) – Aerospace CSPS on Vimeo

** Michael Maloney – The Space Traffic Management Phantom – Cold Star Technologies – YouTube

Michael Maloney of Satellite Design for Recovery returns to the Cold Star Project, and we’re continuing our discussion of the problems in space traffic management. While many people think STM is already figured out, the truth is this is a phantom idea. Current systems are cobbled together and do not represent a serious solution to the problem. With host Jason Kanigan, Michael discusses:

– what space traffic management is and why we need it – how we can measure capacity and utilization in STM
– why Air Traffic Control can be used as a model in developing a functional STM solution
– what limits there are in executing a Space Traffic Management program
– a future path to STM including better Space Situational Awareness, mitigation of space debris, and timely remediation.

Satellite Design for Recovery website: https://satdfr.org/

** The Space Show – Sun. July.26.2020 – Dr. Michael Gleason of the Aerospace Corp talked about his new paper, The Value of Space.

** The Space Show – Fri. July.24.2020 – Steven Wolfe discussed “space settlement, the new Beyond Earth Institute and more on the settlement issue”.

** The Space Show – Mon. July.20.2020 – Rand Simberg “was welcomed back for a two segment 91 minute discussion about Apollo 11 and the entire Apollo program, the significance of the ceremony he and others created, Evoloterra (evoloterra.com) plus a commercial space and property rights update”.

** July 21, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

** July [25] 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

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A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government (US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest (find previous space policy roundups here):

• Schedule:
  • What’s Happening in Space Policy July 19-25, 2020 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA programs:
  • Orion:
    • NASA’s Management of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Program – NASA OIG (pdf)
    • NASA’s inspector general report roasts Lockheed Martin for Orion fees | Ars Technica
    • IG report: NASA’s Orion is a program of lies | Behind The Black
    • NASA IG Blasts NASA for Excluding $17.5 Billion From Orion Cost Estimate – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • SLS:
    • NASA chief says he’s “very confident” in a 2021 launch date for SLS, but… | Ars Technica
  • James Web Telescope:
    • NASA delays JWST launch by seven months – SpaceNews
    • NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Completes Comprehensive Systems Test | NASA
    • Webb space telescope launch delayed seven more months to late 2021 | Ars Technica
  • ISS:
    • Boeing’s space station contract extended to 2024 – Florida Today
    • #SpaceWatchGL Opinion: The future of the International Space Station – SpaceWatch.Global
• Congressional space:
  • House Appropriators Criticize “Ominous” Shift in NASA’s Priorities – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • House spending bill rejects Office of Space Commerce funding increase – SpaceNews
  • House bill restores funding for five NASA science missions – SpaceNews
  • Rep. John Lewis, Space Station Savior, Passes Away – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• Space law:
  • What’s in a name when it comes to an “accord”? – The Space Review
  • Not so dark skies – The Space Review
• Commercial human spaceflight:
  • NASA confirms plans for Crew Dragon splashdown Aug. 2, weather permitting – Spaceflight Now
• Commercial space:
  • NASA Increases Investment in US Small Businesses | NASA
• Regulation:
  • U.S. government to allow sale of high-resolution commercial satellite images of Israel – SpaceNews
  • SpaceX has kicked off a new FAA environmental review in hopes of soon launching Starship-Super Heavy rockets to orbit from South Texas | Business Insider India
  • Feds Asked to Take Another Look at SpaceX Texas Permit – CourtHouseNews.com
• Spectrum:
  • SES files $1.8 billion claim against Intelsat over splitting C-Band Alliance – SpaceNews
  • SpaceX ‘Starlink router’ approved by the FCC – Teslarati
• Space traffic:
  • #SpaceWatchGL Opinion: On-Orbit Servicing, a double-edged sword – SpaceWatch.Global
  • SWF Releases New Compilation of Robotic Rendezvous and Proximity Operations in Space – Secure World
• US national security:
  • Launch:
    • Funds no longer available for Defense Production Act small launch contracts – SpaceNews
  • [ Update: Three companies studying “Orbital Outpost” space station concepts for Defense Department – SpaceNews]
  • U.S. Air Force cadets study idea of Space Force bases on the Moon – Science/AAAS
  • Enhancing space deterrence thought for nuclear threshold threats (part 3) – The Space Review
  • U.S. Space Force creates acquisition command to build culture of innovation – SpaceNews

International space

• Africa:
  • Africa Needs The Space Industry To Go Forward – Space in Africa
  • The status of Earth Observation (EO) & Geo-Information Sciences in Africa – Geo-spatial Information Sciences
• Canada:
  • It’s Time for a Truly Canadian Space Mission – The Tyee
  • Shad Canada teams up with Luna Design and Blue Origin – SpaceQ
• China:
  • China’s Chang’e-4 probe resumes work for 20th lunar day – Xinhua
• India:
  • To cut lightning toll, govt eyes sat-based system – Times of India
• Japan:
  • Virgin sets up Japan spaceport to lure Asian satellite builders – Nikkei Asian Review
• Russia:
  • [ Update: Russia rejects joining NASA’s Artemis moon program in favor of China | TheHill]
  • Rogozin Not Interested in Cooperating with U.S. on Lunar Program, Prefers China – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • More indications of the decline of Russia’s space effort | Behind The Black
  • Russia’s Roscosmos to develop new Angara-A5V launch vehicle no later than 2025 – TASS
  • Russian space agency launches work to develop rocket with methane propellant engine – TASS
  • Russia to start designing Vostochny spaceport infrastructure for crewed launches – TASS
• UAE
  • [ Update:
    • UAE leaders laud successful Hope Probe Mars mission launch | Government – Gulf News
    • Hope Probe: UAE spacecraft blasts off in first ever mission to Mars | The Independent
    • Arab world’s first Mars probe takes to the skies – Nature ]
  • UAE NASA Research Fellows program reaches tenth year – SpaceWatch.Global
  • What the UAE’s Mars Hope Probe Mission means for the region, the world: Interview with Nasa space scientist Dr Farouk El Baz – Gulf News
  • Artwork in historic Dubai area to celebrate Arab world’s space journey – Khaleej Times
  • Hope is the UAE’s contribution to the progress of humanity | Editorials – Gulf News
• UK:
  • [ Update: The secretive UK fund behind the government’s $500m investment in OneWeb – Telegraph]
  • Minister: Space Will Be Next Battleground, Must Prepare for Satellite War – Breitbart.com

Webcasts:

** Episode 20 Legal Test for Space Debris – Michael Listner, Space Law & Policy Solutions

My 2012 article in The Space Review can be accessed here: Addressing the challenges of space debris, part 1: defining space debris

** Hotel Mars/John Batchelor Show/The Space Show – Wed. July.15.2020 – John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston spoke with Dr. Jim Bell about “Mars 2020 and the Perseverance rover. Jim is part of the project and the PI for the 3D Zoom camera project”.

** The Space Show – Tues. July.14.2020 – Dr. James Schwartz talked about his new book, The Value of Science in Space Exploration [Amazon commission link] and had “a wide ranging discussion on doing science in space as a priority over commercial, mining, resource usage and settlement”.

** Radar Tracking, Orbital Debris and a Safer Space – Constellations Podcast – YouTube

We speak with Daniel Ceperley, CEO and Co-Founder of LeoLabs Space about the growing issue of space debris. Orbital debris is a serious issue that will only get worse, but dealing with it is as much an opportunity as a challenge. Daniel explains his goal to track the 12,000 known debris objects low earth orbit by building set of advanced radars and we discuss the possibility of long-term solutions to collision avoidance. Is there a future where satellites use radar to detect other objects and avoid collision? Listen to this episode of Constellations to learn how today’s visionaries, such as Daniel Ceperley of LeoLabs, are making space safer for the rest of us.

** Space Café WebTalk Recap: Jenni Tapio on Implementing National Space Laws – SpaceWatch.Global

In this week’s Space Cafè WebTalk,  Jenni Tapio, Chief Specialist in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland talked about the implementation of national space laws on the example of Finland and beyond.

She discussed the example of the Finnish Act on Space Activities. What does a national space law mean for business opportunities? She also answered relevant questions from the audience.

** July 14, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

** July 17, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

** E24 – Nuclear Space Systems (w Patricia Maloney and James Howe)  – Aerospace CSPS (Center for Space Policy and Strategy at the Aerospace Corporation)

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