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 October 3-10, 2021 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • The 24th Annual International Mars Society Convention – The Mars Society –
• NASA lunar programs:
  • Nelson remains confident regarding funding for Artemis – SpaceNews
  • Space suits:
    • After years of futility, NASA turns to private sector for spacesuit help | Ars Technica
  • Blue Origin HLS :
    • Blue Origin ‘gambled’ with its Moon lander pricing, NASA says in legal documents – The Verge
    • Elon Musk scorns Jeff Bezos’ lawsuit on NASA moon lander | Space.com
• NASA management:
  • Two directorate heads are better than one – The Space Review
• NASA science programs:
  • Lucy in final preparations for launch, Principal Investigator discusses mission’s trajectory – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • Pandemic causes delay and cost increase for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope – SpaceNews
• ISS:
  • Launchspace wins CASIS support for upcoming ISS demonstration – SpaceNews
  • From poo politics to rubbish disposal: 5 big questions about the International Space Station becoming a movie set – The Conversation
•  SLS/Orion:
  • First SLS launch likely to slip to 2022 – SpaceNews
• Commercial Cargo & Crew:
  • SpaceX:
    • SpaceX and NASA beginning final preparations for Crew-3 mission – NASASpaceFlight.com
• US and China in space:
  • The US Cooperates With Russia in Space. Why Not China? – The Diplomat
  • China urges US to join talks on preventing arms race in outer space | South China Morning Post
• Space technology:
  • USNC-Tech Team Wins Contract to Develop Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System For NASA – USNC
• ISS & other space stations:
  • Five big questions about the International Space Station becoming a movie set – The Space Review
  • SpaceX CRS-23 Returns Critical Science Back to Earth – ISS National Lab
  • Space archaeology study: Life & culture on the International Space Station – Flinders Univ./phys.org
  • Cosmonaut shares new perspective of International Space Station – Spaceflight Now
• Commercial space:
  • Launch:
    • Blue Origin Under Fire – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • In-space:
    • Industry group working on satellite servicing standards – SpaceNews
    • Satellite servicing companies see different demand in LEO versus GEO – SpaceNews
  • Human spaceflight/Space tourism:
    • William Shatner and Blue Origin’s Audrey Powers to fly on New Shepard’s 18th mission – Blue Origin
    • Inspiration4 sent four people with minimal training to orbit and brought space tourism closer to reality – The Space Review
    • Edge Of Space Travel: Ballooning Expectations – Leonard David
  • Constellations
    • A Virginia company has connected mobile phones directly to satellites | Ars Technica
• Space settlement:
  • The Space Resource Newsletter – September 2021 — The Space Resource
• Planetary defense:
  • Asteroids & Beyond Vol. 48 Newsletter – B612 Foundation
• Regulation – spectrum, export control, launch, etc:
  • NASA Transfers Air Traffic Management Tool Updates to FAA | NASA
  • SpaceX Boca Chica:
    • SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Project at the Boca Chica Launch Site – FAA
    • U.S. extends environmental review for SpaceX program in Texas | Reuters
  • Virgin Galactic flight incident:
    • Virgin Galactic Cleared to Fly Following Conclusion of FAA Inquiry – Virgin Galactic
    • FAA Completes Investigation, Virgin Galactic Cleared to Fly – SpacePolicyOnline.com
    • FAA clears Virgin Galactic for flight after ‘mishap’ investigation – CNBC
  • Blue Origin:
    • FAA reviewing Blue Origin safety allegations – SpaceNews
    • FAA to Review Letter That Criticizes Blue Origin on Safety – WSJ
• Space law:
  • Space policy is finally moving into the 21st century | MIT Technology Review
• Space traffic  & environment issues:
  • Resilience and space situational awareness: an interview with NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins – The Space Review
• US states space:
  • Florida:
    • Florida’s future in space exploration limitless, Bill Nelson says – Tallahassee Democrat
    • NASA chief Nelson says private space industry boosts Florida more than Apollo did – Orlando Sentinel
    • Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Terran Orbital will Invest $300 Million in Florida to Construct the World’s Largest, State-of-the-Art, Commercial Spacecraft Facility – Space Florida
    • Terran Orbital to build plant to produce more than 1,000 satellites per year – SpaceNews
    • Florida space industry is booming – WJHG.com
  • Georgia spaceport at Camden County:
    • Homeowners say Spaceport Camden site too small as FAA delays decision – The Current
    • FAA delaying spaceport decision is a disservice to all | Daily Editorial | The Brunswick News
    • FAA again delays final decision on spaceport permit for Georgia coast – WSB-TV Channel 2/Atlanta
    • Spaceport Camden launch delayed again as FAA extends license review – Georgia Recorder
• Weather & other earth observation satellites:
  • New NASA satellite to continue half a century of changing Earth observations | Ars Technica
• US Defense space:
  • Organizational:
    • Lawmakers ask Air Force Secretary to ‘pause all actions’ on Space Command relocation – SpaceNews
    • Hundreds of troops were chosen for the Space Force, but Congress is getting in the way – Air Force Times
  • Commercial services:
    • Space Force says upcoming meeting with industry won’t be business as usual – SpaceNews
    • Spire Global and SpaceChain Announce New Partnership – Spire
    • Totum to connect indoor IoT devices to satellites – SatellitePro ME
  • Space transport:
    • Air Force X-37B Robotic Space Plane: Winging Past 500 Days in Earth Orbit – Leonard David
  • Satellites:
    • Tomorrow.io wins Air Force funding for weather satellite constellation – SpaceNews
    • Space Development Agency revises Transport Layer procurement, with fewer satellites per launch – SpaceNews
    • DoD seeks ideas for connecting government and commercial satellites – SpaceNews
  • Technology:
    • DoD trying to keep China from accessing critical U.S. space technology – SpaceNews
    • Space Systems Command awards $46.5 million contract for meshONE-Terrestrial – Space Systems Command
• Space advocacy/activism
  • Covid and Mars – The Space Review
• General space policy topics, perspectives, resources, etc:
  • UN secretary-general gets space tourism wrong | Washington Examiner

International space

• China:
  • Why does China want to build a kilometre-long spacecraft? – BBC Science Focus Magazine
  • Lunar missions:
    • China displays crewed moon landing mission elements – SpaceNews
    • China’s Chang’e-4 completes 1,000 days on far side of moon – Xinhua
  • Science:
    • China to launch first solar exploration satellite this year – Xinhua
  • Launch:
    • China to launch 100-tonne heavy-lift carrier rocket around 2028 – People’s Daily Online
• Egypt:
  • NCTS selects Hughes Jupiter System to deliver satellite broadband in Egypt – SatellitePro ME
• Europe:
  • Trading space: ESA bolsters European business – ESA
  • BepiColombo’s first views of Mercury  – ESA
  • Ariane 6 launch complex inaugurated at Europe’s Spaceport – ESA
  • Thales Alenia Space entrusted by ESA to build a prototype of the next generation of ground station for the European satellite navigation system EGNOS | Thales Group
  • GomSpace and OHB sign Preliminary Authority to Proceed (PATP) to start implement ESA HERA Inter Satellite Link (ISL) – GomSpace
• Georgia:
  • UAE and Georgia sign MoU on maritime training – SatellitePro ME
• Germany:
  • Capitol Momentum provides NewSpace Business Update for the first half of 2021 for Germany – SpaceWatch.Global
• India:
  • agnikul cosmos: India set to witness its SpaceX moment soon: Agnikul CEO – The Economic Times
  • Isro scientists scramble to meet Gaganyaan deadline – Hindustan Times
  • Isro lines up 3 Earth Observation Satellites with key indigenous technologies – Times of India
• Israel:
  • SpaceIL is reaching out to Space organizations from all over the world to offer experiment proposals to Beresheet2 Lunar space mission – SpaceIL
• Japan:
  • Japan’s Epsilon scrubs attempt to launch RAISE-2 and eight secondary satellites – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • Honda to enter satellite launch business by 2030 – Nikkei Asia
• Mexico:
  • Airbus Defence and Space, the Mexican Space Agency and Mexican start-up Dereum Labs to collaborate on lunar resources extraction technologies – Airbus
  • Russia, Mexico ink agreement on peaceful space cooperation – TASS
• Nigeria:
  • What is NIGCOMSAT’s business with buying and launching satellites? | TheCable
• New Zealand:
  • New Zealand Space Agency joins international space coordination group | New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
• Russia:
  • Roscosmos implemented 53 out of 83 events in 2020 – TASS
  • Russia 6-7 years ahead of entire world in development of nuclear space energy — Putin – TASS
  • Russia, Mexico ink agreement on peaceful space cooperation – TASS
  • Launch:
    • Roscosmos develops proposals to rescue astronauts in case of emergency with Orel ship – TASS
  • Tourism, commercial human spaceflight:
    • First Russian film in space an ‘experiment’: director – AFP/Phys.org
  • China co-op:
    • Russia, China to present lunar station declaration at congress in Dubai late Oct – TASS
  • ISS:
    • Compartment inside Nauka module being readied for accommodating Soyuz MS-19 crew – TASS
  • New space stations:
    • Idea of Russian orbital project cannot be unsupported — Kremlin – TASS
    • Russia works on its own orbital station despite possible extension of ISS service — Putin – TASS
• South Korea:
  • S. Korean Air Force opens space center to bolster space strategy – The Hankyoreh
• UAE
  • Seven candidates begin training as part of Arab Space Pioneers Programme – SatellitePro ME
• UK:
  • Bold new strategy to fuel UK’s world-class space sector – GOV.UK
    • National space strategy – Gov.UK (pdf)
  • British government releases national space strategy – SpaceNews
  • Defense Lags Behind Commerce In UK ‘Galactic’ Space Power Goals – Breaking Defense
  • UK government sets out plan to ‘unleash’ nation’s space sector – Physics World

Webcasts:

** Episode 48 – Political Criticism of Non-Governmental Space – Space Thoughts (YouTube) – Space Law & Policy Solutions/Michael Listner

The article referenced in Space News can be accessed here: https://spacenews.com/un-secretary-ge…

** Episode 49 What’s Hot 3rd Quarter 2021 – Space Thoughts (YouTube) – Space Law & Policy Solutions/Michael Listner

** The Space Cafe Podcast #037: Andrew Jones on China’s Space endeavours – SpaceWatch.Global

** A Peek into China’s Future Space Projects at the Zhuhai Airshow, The KZ-1A Rocket Returns to Flight – Dongfang Hour – YouTube

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Space News Roundup! A kind reminder that we cover many more stories every week in our Newsletter (newsletter.dongfanghour.com). This week, we discuss:
00:00 Introduction
01:04 4 Future Space Projects at Zhuhai
08:59 Major Launch Contracts
18:29 Spacecraft and Models Shown in the Exhibition
21:42 The Kuaizhou-1A Rocket Returns to Flight after a year-long absence

See a program summary: Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 27 September – 3 October 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global.

** Space Café WebTalk – MORIBA’s VOX POPULI Edition 6 – 12. August 2021 – spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube

In this session of Space Cafè “Moriba’s Vox Populi 06” Dr. Moriba Jah talked about Environmental Protection, Climate Change, and their Correlation Pleiades with Orbital Space with

Prof. Joellen Russell, University Distinguished Professor of Biogeochemical Dynamics, and Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair of Integrative Science at the University of Arizona,
Dr. Danielle Wood, Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences and Assistant Professor (Joint) of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Dr. Imogen Napper, Expedition Scientist at National Geographic,
Dr. Michael Webber, Josey Centennial Professor in Energy Resources at the University of Texas at Austin.

Moriba’s Vox Populi is a disruptor in the current growing ocean of webcasts!  In the discussing they try to address …

**  How India Developed World Class Rockets From Humble Beginnings. – Scott Manley

** Major Starbase Update: FAA’s Environmental Assessment Explained | SpaceX Boca Chica – NASASpaceflight – YouTube

A deep dive into the recently released draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for public comment, detailing SpaceX’s future plans for Starbase and its environmental impacts to Boca Chica, and the surrounding area. Once approved, SpaceX can begin launching full stack Starships to orbit. If you’d like to submit your thoughts on the Assessment, comments may be submitted by email to SpaceXBocaChica@icf.com. The full EA draft can be found here: https://www.faa.gov/space/stakeholder…

** October 1, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

** September 29, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

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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 September 26-October 2, 2021 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• Biden space:
  • Moonshots, private space stations and more: NASA chief Bill Nelson on the future of human spaceflight | Space.com
• NASA lunar programs:
  • Commercial lunar programs:
    • Mitigating Lunar Dust: Masten Completes FAST Landing Pad Study – Masten
  • Blue Origin HLS :
    • Technology is easy but politics is hard for NASA’s Lunar Human Landing System | TheHill
    • Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin redacted lunar lander lawsuit vs NASA-SpaceX deal – CNBC
    • Court filing outlines Blue Origin’s case against NASA SpaceX lunar lander award – SpaceNews
    • SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explains why Blue Origin’s Starship lawsuit makes no sense – Teslarati
• NASA management:
  • NASA Reorganizing Human Spaceflight Division as Private Space Industry Expands – WSJ
  • NASA Splits Human Spaceflight Directorate Into Two – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • The unreliable narrator – Zapata Talks NASA
• NASA science programs:
  • James Webb Space Telescope (JWST):
    • James Webb Space Telescope: An astronomer on the team explains how to send a giant telescope to space – and why – The Conversation
• NASA launch:
  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Awarded NASA Contract for Orion Spacecraft Main Engine | Aerojet Rocketdyne
• Human spaceflight:
  • NASA seeks a new ride for astronauts to the Artemis launch pad | Ars Technica
  • NASA Seeks Input from Potential Partners on NextGen Astromobile | NASA
• Commercial Cargo & Crew:
  • Boeing Starliner uncrewed test mission:
    • Boeing still studying Starliner valve issues, with no launch date in sight | Ars Technica
    • Boeing’s Starliner May Not Fly Until 2022 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
    • Boeing still seeking why Starliner’s valves froze on the launchpad – The Washington Post
  • SpaceX:
    • SpaceX Crew Dragon to perform first space station “flyaround” in November – Teslarati
• US space goals:
  • NASA officials eye new missions as they begin to retire ISS – NY1.com
• US and China in space:
  • NASA Wants to Work With China in Space – Newsweek
• US and Russia in space:
  • NASA chief looking forward to Moscow trip, will visit as soon as possible – TASS
• Space technology:
  • 2021 NIAC Symposium on Livestream
• ISS & other space stations:
  • NASA urged to avoid space station gap – SpaceNews
  • Future of the ISS: Showing its Age – Leonard David
  • Congress to NASA: What comes after the International Space Station? | Space.com
• Commercial space:
  • GEO:
    • Orbit Fab to launch propellant tanker to fuel satellites in geostationary orbit – SpaceNews
  • Cislunar:
    • Op-ed | Can we backhaul our way to space? – SpaceNews
    • Xplore Receives $2M Contract from NSIC to Accelerate Xcraft Platform Development – Xplore
    • Spaceflight Inc.’s New Launch Contracts Bolster Growth of Space Infrastructure – Spaceflight
  • Human spaceflight/Space tourism:
    • SpaceX inspiration4 crew changed, inspired by first private citizen mission – Florida Today
    • SpaceX sees growing demand for private Crew Dragon missions – Spaceflight Now
  • Constellations
    • NGSO Constellations Continue to Gain Momentum, Satellite Connectivity & Video Market Expected to Double Over Next Decade – Euroconsult
  • Manufacturing, mining, etc:
    • Inside Varda Space’s plans to revolutionize in-space manufacturing – NASASpaceFlight.com
    • NASA grants UArizona $500,000 to research mining lunar resources – KGUN9.com
    • Perseverance Breathes Fresh Life Into The Mining And Space Sectors – Cosmos Magazine
• Planetary defense:
  • A Ferocious Asteroid Strike Demolished an Ancient Middle Eastern City 3,600 Years Ago – Singularity Hub
• Regulation – spectrum, export control, launch, etc:
  • SpaceX’s orbital Starship launch debut may be pushed to 2022 by slow FAA reviews – Teslaratic
• Space law:
  • Legal Aspects of Space Debris – Secure World Foundation (pdf)
  • Space Café Recap: “Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland” #5 – SpaceWatch.Global
• Space traffic & environment issues:
  • Tensions on Earth reflected in orbit – Axios
  • NASA adviser blasts lack of congressional action on space traffic dangers – UPI.com
• US states space:
  • The imaginary rocket driving a small-town spaceport – The Verge
• Weather & other earth observation satellites:
  • Northrop Grumman-Built Satellite Successfully Launched for NASA’s Landsat 9 Mission | Northrop Grumman
  • House committee presses NOAA on commercial weather data and space traffic management – SpaceNews
  • Exo-Space pivots to meet demand for on-orbit processing – SpaceNews
• GPS:
  • SpaceX satellite signals used like GPS to pinpoint location on Earth – OSU.edu
  • SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellites could be used for GPS navigation | Space.com
• US Defense space:
  • Raymond describes Space Force achievements, plans, challenges ahead – United States Space Force
  • Budget:
    • House Begins Debate on FY2022 NDAA – SpacePolicyOnline.com
    • Space Force abolished? House bill would do just that – denvergazette.com
  • Organizational:
    • CMSSF details path forward for developing the force – United States Space Force
    • Army, Navy SATCOM Mission Areas Shifting to U.S. Space Force – United States Space Force
  • Beyond Earth orbit:
    • US Space Command Says It Has the Backs of NASA, Allies, Commercial Partners – Air Force Magazine
  • Commercial services:
    • Space Force discussions with private sector on future space architecture to remain classified – SpaceNews
    • Space Force to share internal digital models with industry – Defense News
  • Space transport:
    • Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, SpaceX, ULA win Space Force contracts for rocket technology projects – SpaceNews
    • Space Force awards $87.5M to four rocket companies for tests – GeekWire
    • ULA Wants Blue Origin Engine By End of Year – National Defense Magazine
  • Satellites:
    • Space Force grappling with aging infrastructure used to operate satellites – SpaceNews
  • Technology:
    • MIT, US Space Force to explore opportunities for research and workforce development | MIT News/Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Acquisition:
    • Space Force looking for ‘unity’ in acquisitions despite a medley of agencies – SpaceNews
    • GAO steps up criticism of Space Force’s missile-warning satellite procurement – SpaceNews
• General space policy topics, perspectives, resources, etc:
  • SpaceX vs. Boeing: Private Sector Beats Government-Backed Behemoth | National Review

International space

• Bhutan:
  • India signs pact for joint development of small satellite for Bhutan – Zee News
• China:
  • Space station:
    • China eyes sending 1st female astronaut to new space station | Space.com
  • Launch:
    • Chinese KZ-1A returns to flight and lofts new remote sensing satellite into orbit – NASASpaceFlight.com
    • China launches new satellite – Xinhua
• Egypt:
  • UAE and Egypt to advance cooperation in space sector – SatellitePro ME
• Europe:
  • Microgravity on demand with Earth return through ESA’s Boost! – ESA
  • ESA selects Thales Alenia Space to design and develop NLES-Next – SatellitePro ME
  • Opinion: ESA-EU relationship and ESA transformation priorities in the new ESA Agenda – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Opinion: Conflicting Visions of European Space Security? – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Space Café WebTalk with Jean-Jacques Tortora: Can a broad church develop a broad consensus? What’s at stake for Europe’s space sector – SpaceWatch.Global
  • UK’s D-Orbit Signs A €2,197M Contract With ESA To Develop Debris Removal Technology – SatNews
• India:
  • ISRO’s Mars orbiter was made for mission life of six months, completed seven years in orbit this month – Firstpost
  • India’s private space sector is rising, but wait for Bezos-like ‘joy rides’ will be longer – ThePrint.in
  • Telesat, OneWeb take steps to begin India operations – The Hindu BusinessLine
• Kuwait:
  • UAE and Kuwait discuss space cooperation – SatellitePro ME
• Mexico:
  • Glavkosmos, Space JLTZ sign agreement on promotion of Russian space products in Mexico – TASS
• Nigeria:
  • Nigeria sets up two new satellite companies – SatellitePro ME
• New Zealand:
  • Second pad work resumes, space junk clean up announced – The Gisborne Herald
• Russia:
  • Launch:
    • Russia to conduct about 15 space launches by yearend — Roscosmos chief – TASS
  • Tourism, commercial human spaceflight:
    • Movie Set: The ISS – Film Crew Ready for Liftoff – Leonard David
    • Russian film crew return from space slated for October 17 – TASS
  • ISS:
    • Space station’s orbit adjusted ahead of Soyuz MS-19 crewed spacecraft launch – TASS
    • Roscosmos announces tender to gauge ISS Russian segment’s residual service life – TASS
    • Crew of ISS’s Russian segment are testing, integrating robotic manipulator – TASS
  • New space stations:
    • RAS recommends Roscosmos file proposals on Russian space station to the government – TASS
    • Russia’s future orbital outpost to embrace seven modules, centrifuge – TASS
• Scotland:
  • Scottish spaceport and launch partner prepare for blast-off | The National
  • Prestwick Spaceport partners with Astraius – SpaceWatch.Global
• Turkey:
  • UAE and Turkey discuss collaboration in space sector – SatellitePro ME
• UAE
  • AST SpaceMobile eyes UAE for spacecraft component manufacturing – SatellitePro ME
  • MBRSC and Jsoor launch Emirates Space Art Programme – SatellitePro ME
  • UAE Crew One to start SIRIUS 20/21 mission in Moscow in November 2021 – SatellitePro ME
  • UAE astronauts to simulate long-term space travel to study effect of isolation – Gulf News
• UK:
  • Exclusive: UK Pushes New UN Accord On Military Space Norms – Breaking Defense

Webcasts:

** Chinese Smartphones to Adopt Satellite Connectivity, Recap on Provincial Space Policies – Dongfang Hour – YouTube

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Space News Roundup! A kind reminder that we cover many more stories every week in our Newsletter (newsletter.dongfanghour.com). This week, we discuss:
00:00 Introduction
01:01 Chinese smartphones and satellite connectivity
11:08 Recap on provincial space policies
15:25 Two launches for China’s space program

See also the summary: Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 20 – 26 September 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global

** NASA’s Future in Low Earth Orbit: Considerations for ISS Extension and Transition – House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. Witnesses included:

Ms. Robyn Gatens, Director, International Space Station, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dr. Kathleen “Kate” Rubins, Astronaut, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
|Mr. Jeffrey Manber, Chief Executive Officer, Nanoracks, LLC
Mr. Todd Harrison, Senior Fellow and Director of the Aerospace Security Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Captain William Shepherd (USN, Ret), former Astronaut, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

** T+197: NASA’s Human Spaceflight Directorate Shakeup – Main Engine Cut Off

At a town hall this week, NASA announced that the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate will be split in two: the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, led by Jim Free, and the Space Operations Mission Directorate, led by Kathy Lueders. I discuss what this change might mean for the future of NASA’s human spaceflight program, and why I think it’s not something to worry about if you’re a Kathy Lueders stan.

** The Space Show – Sunday, Sept.26.2021 – Dr. David Livingston led an open lines program with callers who discussed a range of topics including the Inspiration 4 flight, lunar vs Martian colonies, UAP, space advocacy, and more.

** The Space Show – Friday, Sept.24.2021 – Jose Ocasio-Christian talked about “Caleus Partners and their new Communities in Space LLC which focused quite a bit on commercial space and investing“.

• Beijing Review April 2021 – see page 20 (pdf)
• The Community in Space LLC Narrative (pdf)

** The Space Show – Tuesday, Sept.21.2021 – Dan Adamo discussed “Inspiration 4, SpaceX, Starlink, orbital debris removal, tourism, space settlement and more“.

** E72: Inspiring for a More Secure World – Aerospace Corp Space Policy (Vimeo) – Center for Space Policy & Strategy (CSPS)

** Space Café WebTalk – Lynette Tan – 3. August 2021 – spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube

After a much-deserved summer break, during this week’s Space Café, SpaceWatch.Global publisher, Torsten Kriening caught up with Chief Executive of Singapore Space & Technology and “this century’s role model for space”, Lynette Tan to talk about Singapore’s role in space and her company’s commercial vision.

With an international career spanning the last three decades, Lynette has worked to increase trade viability through organisations like the Singapore Economic Development Board and GlaxoSmithKline. Before pivoting to the space sector, she studied chemical engineering degrees at Illinois and Stanford universities, and in 2018 conducted international space training at the Korean Aerospace Research Institute.

In her current role at Singapore Space and Technology Limited, a role which she was appointed to in 2020 after having successfully served as Executive Director and Director, Lynette has steered the pioneering space organisation towards regional space developments and is spearheading major trade and business-focused initiatives including start-up accelerators. …

** 2022 Orientation for IISL Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition – Space Court Foundation – YouTube

Featuring:
Kai Uwe-Schrogl, President of IISL
Skip Smith, Chair of IISL Moot Court Committee
Chris Hearsey, Chair of Space Court Foundation
Regional Organizers from North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America
2020 World Championship Team
and Steph Tai, former competitor who used their competition experience while working at the US Department of Justice

** Podcast: 111 – Affordability, Productivity, Capability…Changing the Satellite Industry Dynamic – Constellations, a New Space and Satellite Innovation Podcast / Constellations Podcast – YouTube

In this Constellations Podcast we are joined by Carissa Christensen, CEO and Founder of Bryce Tech, a leading aerospace and emerging markets consultancy and the publisher of multiple space tech-related reports including the most recent annual State of the Satellite Industry Report. Among today’s topics, Carissa will discuss the impact of advances in satellite manufacturing, including software-defined payloads, miniaturization, and virtualization. She discusses the evolution of ground systems given the advent of software-defined satellite networks and virtualization. We will also learn more about on-orbit services including repair, life extension and deorbiting and how they will change the industry dynamic. And, last but not least, Carissa will discuss some of the dramatic changes to the launch industry, including rideshare, reusable launch vehicles and increased affordability. For more information on all these topics and more, get a copy of “The State of the Satellite Industry Report”, published by Bryce Tech.

** The Space Show – Tuesday, Sept.21.2021 – Dan Adamo discussed “Inspiration 4, SpaceX, Starlink, orbital debris removal, tourism, space settlement and more“.

** September 24, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

** September 22, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

** September 21, 2021 Zimmerman/Pratt on Texas podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

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