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 5-12, 2021 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA lunar programs:
  • Artemis human landing system selection:
    • Blue Origin HLS :
      • Blue Origin hires advisory firm linked to messy JEDI contract process | Ars Technica
• Biden space:
  • How will Biden’s Afghanistan debacle impact NASA’s Artemis return to the moon? | TheHill
• Congressional space:
  • Draft House Infrastructure Bill Funds NASA & NOAA Space Programs, But Not HLS – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • House budget reconciliation package funds NASA infrastructure but not lunar lander work – SpaceNews
• Govt. launch:
  • The problem Starship poses to NASA and Congress – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman
• SLS/Orion:
  • NASA’s hopes waning for SLS test flight this year – Spaceflight Now
• US space goals:
• US and China in space:
  • NASA has no plans to exchange lunar samples with China – SpaceNews
• US and Russia in space:
  • International Space Station: Russian space chief says ‘divorce is not possible’ with US – CNN
• NASA science programs:
  • The James Webb Space Telescope is almost ready for launch – Planetary Society
• Space technology:
  • Liquid nitrogen shortage delays Landsat 9 launch – SpaceNews
• Commercial space:
  • This Is the Space Race You Are Looking For – WSJ
  • Space industry grapples with COVID-19-related oxygen fuel shortage – UPI.com
  • Human spaceflight/Space tourism:
    • ‘Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space,’ a docuseries on SpaceX’s 1st all-civilian spaceflight, launches on Netflix | Space.com
    • SpaceX all-civilian flight clears flight readiness review for Kennedy Space Center launch – Orlando Sentinel
    • Crew completes spaceship fit check ahead of all-private mission to orbit – Spaceflight Now
  • Constellations
    • Kleos secures A$12.6 million to grow constellation – Kleos
    • iPhone 13 rumored to have satellite phone connectivity – CNBC
  • Finance:
    • Space company Redwire begins trading NYSE after closing SPAC deal – CNBC
    • E2MC Update On Space-Financing Rounds in August 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Insurance:
    • Space travel insurance: Battleface adds coverage – Columbus Business First
    • Launching into space? Not so fast. Insurers balk at new coverage | Reuters
    • Ground control to Major Tom: Sign those coverage forms and put your helmet on | Insurance Business
    • OneWeb signs $1bn insurance agreement through Marsh – SatellitePro ME
    • Marsh seals massive insurance deal | Insurance Business
    • OneWeb secures $1 billion insurance deal for remaining constellation – SpaceNews
• Space settlement:
  • The Space Resource Newsletter – August 2021 — The Space Resource
• Regulation – spectrum, export control, launch, etc:
  • Blue Origin vs SpaceX Starlink:
    • SpaceX says Amazon’s call to dismiss Starlink amendment is a delay tactic – SpaceNews
    • Elon Musk v. Jeff Bezos: Billionaires continue battle over space-based internet – CNBC
  • Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo flight:
    • Virgin Galactic pushes back on ‘misleading’ characterizations, conclusions in report on historic spaceflight | Fox Business
    • Length of FAA investigation into Virgin Galactic’s July 11 flight could disrupt planned research mission – Albuquerque Business First
    • The Red Warning Light on Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Space Flight | The New Yorker
    • Spaceship carrying Richard Branson flew off course [Updated] | Ars Technica
    • Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Flight Path Examined by FAA – WSJ
• Space law:
  • New legislation gives companies legal rights to lunar resources – The Asahi Shimbun
• Space traffic & environment issues:
  • Space agencies support space traffic management but differ on how it should be developed – SpaceNews
  • Anti-satellite weapons must be banned before they cause ‘major fragmentation event’, astronauts and space agencies warn | The Independent
• US states space:
  • Florida:
    • SpaceX, Blue Origin could benefit from proposed tax breaks – Florida Today
  • Guam:
    • Virgin Orbit clears FAA hurdle for small satellite launches from Guam | Space.com
  •  Texas:
    • North Texas Inno – The space race runs through Texas – Bizjournals.com
    • Reduced Beach Access Part Of Battle Between South Texas Community And SpaceX | KUT Radio, Austin’s NPR Station
• Weather & other earth observation satellites:
  • Satellites track huge Tropical Storm Ida at night from space (photos) – Space.com
• US Defense space:
  • Bipartisan group of lawmakers presses DoD to back Lockheed-Aerojet merger – SpaceNews
  • Norms:
    • Draft House FY2022 NDAA Calls for International Norms of Behavior in Space – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Organizational:
    • House Armed Services Committee approves Space National Guard, challenges DoD on space programs – SpaceNews
    • House Armed Services Committee votes to postpone Space Command’s move from Colorado Springs – gazette.com
  • Commercial services:
    • HASC Makes Plan To Force DoD Use Of Commercial Space – Breaking Defense
  • Space transport:
    • HASC chairman wants updated DoD plan for ‘tactically responsive space launch’ – SpaceNews
    • A responsive launch capability will deter enemies, boost national security – Defense News
  • Reconnaissance:
    • DoD to extend intelligence agency program that helps track wildfires – SpaceNews
  • Satellites:
    • Op-ed | While satellites are cool, military space networks must focus on interoperability – SpaceNews
    • Space Force delays selection of weather satellites – SpaceNews
  • Acquisition:
    • Space Development Agency targets multiple vendors for Transport Layer satellite deal – SatellitePro ME
    • Aerospace Corp. CEO sees winds of change in space procurement – SpaceNews
• Space advocacy/activism
  • The people’s space telescopes | The Planetary Society

International space

• Australia:
  • Australia to Enter Space Launch Market – Leonard David
  • Space BD Strengthening Relationship with the Australian Space Industry to Promote the Industry in Australia. Two Australian Academic Satellites were successfully Launched on August 29 – Space BD
• China:
  • Tianwen-1 lander and Zhurong rover on Mars:
    • Zhurong completes 100 days on Mars – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman
  • Mars missions:
    • China is developing its own Mars helicopter – SpaceNews
  • Lunar missions:
    • China’s Chang’e-5 orbiter is set for another Moon flyby – SpaceWatch.Global
    • China eyes manned lunar landing by 2030: Long March designer – Global Times
    • China may use an existing rocket to speed up plans for a human Moon mission | Ars Technica
  • Science:
    • China’s Fengyun-3E weather satellite releases high precision solar images – Xinhua
  • Remote sensing, reconnaissance, weather, etc.
    • Fengyun 3E weather satellite captures first images of sun – Chinadaily.com.cn
• Europe:
  • ESA Council agrees resolution on Ariane 6 and Vega-C exploitation and future space transportation – ESA
  • Record-high astronaut applications overwhelm European Space Agency | Space.com
  • ESA and UN offer worldwide access to hypergravity testing – ESA
• Germany:
  • German government supports microlauncher offshore platform – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Space Café Germany by Andreas Schepers Recap: Before the Federal Elections – The Future of Spaceflight in Germany – SpaceWatch.Global
  • DLR opens applications for free launch services aboard Isar Aerospace demo missions – SpaceNews
• Ireland:
  • European Space Agency: Majority say Ireland’s contribution should not increase beyond €20m – The Journal
• Israel:
  • Israel Space Agency selects Ramon Space for 2022 mission – SatellitePro ME
• Japan:
  • Japan’s H3 rocket awaiting final engine certification for first flight – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • Space BD to start Space Delivery Project. Joint project in collaboration with global research & educational institutions and the private sector to launch research objects & mementos by the end of FY2021 – Space BD
  • New legislation gives companies legal rights to lunar resources – The Asahi Shimbun
• Philippines:
  • PH, UAE explore possible space collaboration | The Manila Times
• Russia:
  • Roscosmos Offered European Space Agency Extended Use Of Soyuz In French Guiana – ESA Chief – UrduPoint
  • Launch:
    • Russia, US to continue cooperation on RD-181 rocket engine — Roscosmos chief – TASS
    • Progress RSC issues report on Soyuz-6 – TASS
    • Soyuz spacecraft to deliver fully Russian crew to orbital outpost next March – TASS
    • Space firm drafts conceptual design of Russia’s first methane-powered rocket – TASS
  • Facilities, Infrastructure:
    • Roscosmos plans two more launches from Kourou spaceport until end of 2021 — CEO – TASS
    • Russian space corporation to invest $456 mln in tram traffic on Vostochny cosmodrome – TASS
    • Russia’s space agency postpones rocket testing after donating ‘almost all’ its liquid oxygen to Covid-19 patients in hospitals — RT Russia
    • Vostochny spaceport’s second stage to be delivered in time – TASS
  • ISS:
    • Activities:
      • Cosmonauts, Astronauts Gearing Up for Two Spacewalks – Space Station/NASA
      • Russian spacewalkers begin outfitting new lab module – Spaceflight Now
      • Cosmonauts Conclude First Spacewalk To Ready New Module – Space Station/NASA
      • NASA Sets Coverage for Two Russian Spacewalks Outside Space Station – NASA
      • Progress MS-17 spacecraft to be relocated from one ISS module to another in October – TASS
      • Russian cosmonauts begin experiments in new Nauka research lab aboard orbital outpost – TASS
    • Participation in ISS:
      • Russian equipment cannot be moved from ISS to new orbital station — space firm – TASS
      • International Space Station: Russian space chief says ‘divorce is not possible’ with US – CNN
    • Structural aging issues:
      • International Space Station facing irreparable failures, Russia warns – BBC News
      • New cracks found on International Space Station – Live Science
      • Cosmonauts Find Cracks in the Aging Zarya ISS Module – Universe Today
  • New space stations:
    • New Russian space station’s efficiency factor to be order of magnitude higher than ISS’ – TASS
    • Russia to start deploying new orbital station in 5-6 years — Roscosmos chief – TASS
• Scotland:
  • Space Café Scotland Recap by Angela Mathis: Inclusive Space is Scotland’s Goal – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Rocket builder takes on more space for its growing Forres workforce – PressAndJournal.co.uk
  • Prestwick ‘on track’ to become Europe’s leading space hub | FutureScot
• South Korea:
  • With restrictions lifted, South Korea launches $13B space power scheme – DefenseNews.com
  • South Korea’s First Lunar Orbiter to be Launched in August Next Year – Businesskorea
  • South Korea Moves Closer to Launching Its First Lunar Orbiter – The Diplomat
• UAE
  • MBRSC completes thermal vacuum test for Rashid Rover – SatellitePro ME
  • StarLab Oasis launches in Abu Dhabi to examine AgTech in space – SpaceWatch.Global
  • PH, UAE explore possible space collaboration | The Manila Times
• UK:
  • Space port in Unst set to host first satellite launch in 2022 | Shetland News
  • Westcott Space Cluster: The vision for Westcott | Rocketeers
• Ukraine:
  • NASA Administrator Statement on Meeting with Ukrainian President | NASA
  • First Ukrainian mission to Moon to be carried out in 2022 – UKRinform.net

Webcasts:

** Episode 47: Thoughts on Coverage of Virgin Galactic Anomaly – Space Thoughts (YouTube) – Space Law & Policy Solutions/Michael Listner

** Taiwanese Rocket Company Gets Go-Ahead for Launch, China Working on a Mars UAV, Geely Space Updates – Dongfang Hour – YouTube

A summary of the presentation is available at Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 30 August – 5 September 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global

** The Space Cafe Podcast #035: Elodie Viau – Getting Telecommunication Ready For Space And Beyond – SpaceWatch.Global

Episode 035 features a special guest Elodie Viau.

The European Space Agency ESA is known for spectacular landings on distant comets or the like. What is little known is that the ESA has no less exciting departments in completely different areas. Like telecommunications, for example. What exactly is ESA up to in this field and why is it probably one of the most exciting tasks of all? Elodie Viau, Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications at ESA has taken the time to answer this question in the current episode of the Space Cafe Podcast.

** Space Café WebTalk – Niklas Nienass – 29. June 2021 – spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube

During this week’s Space Café, SpaceWatch.Global publisher, Torsten Kriening spoke with a Member of the European Parliament and member of the German Alliance 90/The Greens party, Niklas Niennas, about Europe’s role and response to the space race 2.0.

Elected in 2019, he is a member of the committees on regional development, culture and education, however, he also takes great interest in space, with 20 percent of his workload dedicated to space policy. He also regularly writes about the sector on his blog and has hosted webinars on space law and policy, and the current upheavals facing the sector.

This week, he and Torsten discuss how Europe can prepare for a new space world that’s both brimming with private sector players and is increasingly militarised, through the creation of an international rulebook and European space strategy. …

** How Can US Space and Defense Startups Team with Primes and Government using govmates? – Cold Star Technologies – YouTube

Space and defense startups frequently have a tough time “being heard” in the field. Not only that, these small companies struggle with learning the byzantine paths to discovering and connecting with prime contractors and government organizations who could be looking for their technical help. Katie Bilek co-founded govmates in 2015 to smooth the way and assist in making teaming connections. If you’re a space or defense startup founder looking for help in developing these kinds of connections, listen in to our discussion. …

** The Space Show – Tuesday, Aug.31.2021 – Dr. David Brin discussed NASA’s

Artemis [program] and why our guest deeply opposes the program. Also, asteroid mining, resource minding the asteroids compared to the Moon, Tic-tac and ET matters, global society history and nefarious forces opposing the U.S. experiment and more.

** Hotel Mars – The John Batchelor Show/The Space Show – Wed. Sept.1.2021 – Steven Wolfe of the Beyond Earth Institute spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about

space solar power (SSP) and their project Catching the Sun: A National Strategy for Space Solar Power (pdf). Steve explained SSP, why it is about 10X more abundant in energy than ground based solar, why it is the ultimate green fuel, and more.

** The Space Show – Friday, Sept.3.2021 – Roman Chiporukha talked about “High end space, earth and ocean adventures, space missions, marketing, educational outreach, educating the general public about space, STEM goals“.

** September 3, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

** September 1, 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 August 29-September 4, 2021 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA lunar programs:
  • NASA chief Bill Nelson optimistic about Artemis moon landing goals amid big delays | Space.com
  • Commercial lunar missions:
    • Japanese company ispace unveils new, bigger moon lander | Space.com
  • Artemis human landing system selection:
    • Blue Origin HLS :
      • Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos wages lawfare on NASA and SpaceX | TheHill
• Biden space:
  • Parikh: VP Harris Energized, Engaged in Space Issues – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • White House to revise charter and membership of space council advisory group – SpaceNews
• NASA programs:
  • NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Has Completed Testing | NASA
  • JWST Ready to Hit the Road – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Webb completes testing and prepares for trip to Europe’s Spaceport – ESA
• SLS/Orion:
  • • Space agencies support ISS extension as NASA warns of space race with China – SpaceNews
• Commercial Cargo & Crew:
  • SpaceX Cargo Dragon Successfully Docks to Station – Space Station/NASA
• US space goals:
  •  “Starship to orbit” ought to be a tipping point for policy makers – The Space Review
• US and China in space:
  • ‘We’ve Now Entered A New Space Race’ As PRC, Russia Plan Moon Base: Sen. Moran – Breaking Defense
• NASA science programs:
  • NASA approves key funding for UC Berkeley satellite mission to Mars – DailyCal.org
  • James Webb Space Telescope (JWST):
    • NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Has Completed Testing | NASA
• Congressional space:
  • Moran: two shots to increase NASA funding this year – SpaceNews
• Space technology:
  • Why Space Solar Power Now? – National Space Society
• Commercial space:
  • The billionaires compete and the US wins the 21st century space race – The Space Review
  • Cislunar:
    • Xplore Receives USAF Contract to Develop PNT Service for Cislunar Space – Xplore
  • Human spaceflight/Space tourism:
    • Inspiration4 Crew: Monitoring Health of Commercial Space Travelers – Leonard David
    • Inspiration4 launch nears as intense training schedule continues – NASASpaceFlight.com
    •  Why the Future of Space Tourism Has Already Arrived – Robb Report
  • Constellations
    • Jeff Bezos And Elon Musk Are Now Butting Heads Over The Small Satellite Internet Business – Forbes
• Planetary protection:
  • Planetary protection: How to explore Mars and other worlds responsibly – Planetary Society
• Regulation – spectrum, export control, launch, etc:
  • Amazon calls on FCC to reject SpaceX’s revised second-gen Starlink plan – SpaceNews
  • Virgin Orbit clears environmental review to launch satellites from Guam – SpaceNews
• Space traffic & environment issues:
  • Orbital debris removal:
    • Astroscale complete first test of satellite capture technology – SpaceNews
• US states space:
  • New Mexico:
    • Spaceport America Brings Space Tourism to Sierra County | KRWG
  • Texas:
    • SpaceX may dig a tunnel to enable frequent South Texas launches | Ars Technica
• US Defense space:
  • Lamborn and Crow propose establishment of Space Force National Guard – SpaceNews
  • More work needed on space stability and security – SpaceNews
  • Symposium notebook: Space war is nation’s biggest threat – gazette.com
  • Kendall, Raymond stress importance of space and Space Force’s success in separate, high-profile speeches – United States Space Force
  • Chorus Grows To Declassify Space Threat Info From Services, Congress – Breaking Defense
  • Norms:
    • A Weapons Test Is The Wrong Way To Advance Norms On Responsible Behavior In Space – Breaking Defense
  • Orbital traffic:
    • Near-Term Funds For Second Space Fence Radar Uncertain – Breaking Defense
  • Organizational:
    • US Space Command Achieves Initial Operational Capability – Air Force Magazine
    • Space Force Launches New Recruiting Commercial in Push for Young, Diverse Talent – Air Force Magazine
  • Beyond Earth orbit:
    • Updated intelligence report calls for improved monitoring of cislunar space – SpaceNews
  • Human spaceflight ops:
    • Space Force brass want live warfighter training in orbit – UPI.com
  • Space transport:
    • HASC chairman wants updated DoD plan for ‘tactically responsive space launch’ – SpaceNews
    • Space Force launch director on Vulcan and BE-4: ‘We have to be very focused from here on out’ – SpaceNews
    • In leaked email, ULA official calls NASA leadership “incompetent” | Ars Technica
    • Blue Origin Engine For NSSL Behind Schedule, But SecAF Kendall Isn’t Worried – Breaking Defense
    • After negotiations, Space Development Agency was able to get reduced pricing for national security launch – SpaceNews
  • Reconnaissance:
    • Geospatial intelligence giving supply chain clarity in uncertain times – SpaceNews
  • Satellites:
    • Space Development Agency to acquire 144 satellites from multiple vendors – SpaceNews
    • SDA Opens Contest For First Operational Constellation – Breaking Defense
  • Technology:
    • Space Development Agency’s policy chief: ‘Our focus is maintaining our rapid schedule’ – SpaceNews
    • More Flexibility, Greater Urgency Key For Space Security: Aerospace’s Isakowitz – Breaking Defense
    • The US military may soon declassify a secret space weapon | Ars Technica
  • Acquisition:
    • Air Force secretary outlines short-term plan to shake up space acquisition – Defense News
    • Air Force’s Kendall Creates Space Acquisition Office, Accelerates Absorption of Space Development Agency – Defense One
• Space advocacy/activism
  • Why space exploration is always worthwhile – Planetary Society
• General space policy topics, perspectives, resources, etc:
  • Cooperation, competition, conferences, and COVID – The Space Review
  • The Space Report 2021: 36th Annual Space Symposium Special Edition Executive Summary – SatNews

International space

• Multi-national:
  • World space leaders talk satellite safety – gazette.com
  • The Space Report: The 36th Annual Space Symposium Special Edition – The Space Foundation (pdf)
    • Three Dimensions of Building Toward a Sustained Lunar Return, Ian Christensen & Lesley Conn
    • Getting Along on a Busy Moon, Michael K. Simpson & Elias de Andrade
• Africa:
  • AAC Clyde Space targets African satellite market with new subsidiary – SatellitePro ME
• Australia:
  • Morrison Government grants permit for commercial rocket launch from South Australia – SpaceWatch.Global
  • First commercial rocket due to be launched from Australia later in 2021 – The Guardian
  • WA researchers make history with first locally-made satellite launched into space – ABC News
• Canada:
  • NorthStar SSA and Earth intelligence constellation gets key government approval – SpaceNews
• China:
  • China researching challenges of kilometer-scale ultra-large spacecraft – SpaceNews
  • Constellations:
    • China launches demo satellites for internet constellation – Spaceflight Now
  • Commercial space:
    • Chinese commercial sector investment lagging in 2021 – SpaceNews
  • Launch:
    • China launches Chang Zheng 3B for seventh TJSW mission – NASASpaceFlight.com
• Europe:
  • Webb completes testing and prepares for trip to Europe’s Spaceport – ESA
  • ESA pursuing European space summit to discuss new flagship space programs – SpaceNews
  • Thales Alenia Space wins contract for EGNOS satellite navigation system – SatellitePro ME
  • Unveiling vehicles and technologies for future space transportation – ESA
  • Planet Aqua: Solutions from Space for Clean Water – ESA
• Germany:
  • Space Café WebTalk with Sabine von der Recke Recap: From the North Sea into Space – SpaceWatch.Global
• India:
  • Crewed program:
    • Gaganyaan: Astronauts prepare to start training, Isro for mission – Times of India
    • Gaganyaan mission: IAF pilots to return to Russia for customised spacesuit development – SCIENCE News
    • Isro tests Gaganyaan service module propulsion system | India News – Times of India
  • India’s Spacetech Ready For a Bezos-Branson-style Push? – Entrepreneur.com
  • ISRO satellites to help monitoring of MGNREGA works in rural India – The Statesman
• Morocco:
  • Morocco signs Arab Space Cooperation Group’s basic charter – SatellitePro ME
• Russia:
  • Russia’s space agency postpones rocket testing after donating ‘almost all’ its liquid oxygen to Covid-19 patients in hospitals — RT Russia
  • Putin to visit Vostochny spaceport in Russian Far East next week – TASS
  • Launch:
    • Russia expects groundbreaking results from testing nuclear space tug elements in orbit – TASS
    • Russia to create reusable space freighter to replace Progress resupply ships – TASS
  • Tourism, commercial human spaceflight:
    • Russia’s first-ever space movie project boosts interest in Soyuz spacecraft flights – TASS
    • Roscosmos CEO vows to invite Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson to Soyuz MS-19 launch -TASS
    • Roscosmos Planning To Send Another Two Space Tourists Into Orbit – Deputy Director General – UrduPoint.com
  • Lunar missions:
    • Russia postpones lunar mission due to problems during testing – SpaceWatch.Global
  • ISS:
    • Structural safety of world’s sole orbital station under control, says Roscosmos – TASS
  • New space stations:
    • Russia’s future orbital station to be surrounded by a cloud of satellites – TASS
• South Korea:
  • US, South Korea agree to enhance security cooperation in outer space – SpaceNews
  • Air Force chief to visit U.S. for talks with space, air force commanders | Yonhap News Agency
  • Air Force chief, U.S. space commander agree to form consultative body on space policy – Yonhap News Agency
  • Korea’s lunar orbiter on track for launch next year – Korea Times
• Taiwan:
  • Morrison Government grants permit for commercial rocket launch from South Australia – SpaceWatch.Global
  • First commercial rocket due to be launched from Australia later in 2021 – The Guardian
• UK:
  • AeroSpace Cornwall deal will see duchy’s firms involved in Moon mission – Business Live
  • Britain charts a new course for satellite navigation – SpaceNews
  • Benbecula Airport: Rocket launches from Western Isles ahead of planned spaceport opening | HeraldScotland
  • Norfolk firm launches rocket from UK island in bid to make space research more accessible | ITV News Anglia

Webcasts:

** 2021 Space Symposium | NASA Administrator Bill Nelson – NASA Video

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks on our return to the Moon with Artemis, upcoming milestones for our science missions, the value of NASA in our everyday life, and more. Learn how NASA innovations improve daily life, and how our unique mission provides benefits in big and small ways: to create jobs, jumpstart businesses, and grow the economy.

** What The Next Space Station May Look Like – CNBC

The International Space Station will likely be retired within the decade. NASA hopes to save money by having commercial companies build the next space outpost. Some companies including Sierra Space and Axiom Space are already working on a commercial space station. But the question is, will these stations be ready in time?

** Turbulent Week for US/China Space Relations, 1 km-long Space Station Project, 2 Launches in the Week – 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
01:06 Turbulent week in US-China space relations
09:00 2 launches in a week
15:08 China’s Natural Science Foundation publishes the “Guidelines for the 14th Five-Year Plan first batch of projects”, hints at research on a 1-km long super space station

See also the summary at Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 23 – 29 August 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global

** Episode 46: “Space Rush” Not “Space Race” – Space Thoughts (YouTube) – Space Law & Policy Solutions/Michael Listner

It’s time to change the messaging from “space race” to “space rush.”

** Hotel Mars – John Batchelor Show/The Space Show – Wednesday, Aug.25.2021 – Robert (Rob) Godwin talked with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about “the overall Gemini 5 mission and lessons learned going forward on the march to the Moon“.

** The Space Show – Thursday, Aug.26.2021 – Jeff Shesol discussed his

new book, Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War, John Glenn in-depth discussions, Mercury 7 detailed discussions, the Soviet space program, the U.S. program, Glenn in the senate, Glenn flies in the shuttle and more.

**The Space Show – Friday, Aug.27.2021 – Charles Precourt of Northrup Grumman discussed “Artemis, SLS, solid rocket boosters (SRBs), SRB propellant, lunar return timelines, human lunar lander, Gateway, Gateway lunar orbits, plus much more“.

**  The Space Show – Sunday, Aug.29.2021 – Dr. Paul Jaffe provided “a detailed SSP and Power Beaming discussion you must hear“.

** NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Has Completed Testing | NASA

Engineering teams have completed the James Webb Space Telescope’s long-spanning comprehensive testing regimen at Northrop Grumman’s facilities. Webb’s many tests and checkpoints were designed to ensure that the world’s most complex space science observatory will operate as designed once in space. Now that observatory testing has concluded, shipment operations have begun. This includes all the necessary steps to prepare Webb for a safe journey through the Panama Canal to its launch location in Kourou, French Guiana, on the northeastern coast of South America.

** NISAR – Helping Farmers from Space – NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NISAR will provide maps of developing crop area on a global basis every two weeks. Observations will be uninterrupted by weather and provide up-to-date information on the large-scale trends that affect international food security. The NASA–ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, a collaboration between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), will provide all-weather, day/night imaging of nearly the entire land and ice masses of the Earth repeated 4-6 times per month. NISAR’s orbiting radars will image and track subtle movement of the Earth’s land and its sea ice, and even provide information about what is happening below the surface. NISAR will also provide information on crop area and forest biomass over time and with enough detail to reveal changes on field scales.

** 109 – Satellite Data, Visualization, and Finding Needles in the Haystack – Constellations, a New Space and Satellite Innovation Podcast / Constellations Podcast – YouTube

On this Constellations Podcast learn how a Hollywood visual effects company is now helping satellite operations to visualize data. Listen to Tim McBride, President of Zoic Labs, describe how his company is using their experience in visual effects to bring sense to the complex and massive amounts of data coming from satellites. Mr. McBride shares how Zoic Labs has grown from their first project of mapping the world with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to helping the U.S. Space Force and Air Force Research Laboratory see things in a different light.

** Space Café WebTalk – Danica Remy – 20. June 2021 – spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube

During this week’s Space Café, SpaceWatch.Global publisher, Torsten Kriening caught up with California-based Danica Remy to discuss all things asteroids. With a career in social justice movements and “fabulous innovation”, Danica serves as President of the B612 Foundation, which leads private sector efforts in research, analysis and systems design to protect Earth from asteroids. Danica also co-founded the international program, Asteroid Day, which takes place each year on 30 June. The initiative is supported by a raft of rockstars (and rockstar scientists!), as well as governments, international space agencies and satellite companies. In 2016, it was sanctioned by the United Nations as an official day to increase global awareness and education of asteroids.

Asteroids are all around us, but have people forgotten the threat they pose to Earth since Armageddon hit our screens over 23 years ago? Or is an asteroid impact the existential crisis always lurking in the back of our minds? This week, Danica and Torsten discuss what measures the “new space revolution” is implementing to save our planet from a Hollywood doomsday scenario and how Asteroid Day is raising awareness of this issue. …

** August 27, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

** August 25, 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 August 22-September 4 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • 36th Space Symposium – August 23rd – 26th, 2021
  • 2021 Satellite Innovation, Oct.5-7.2021
• NASA lunar programs:
  • Nelson: Blue Origin lawsuit adds further delays to Artemis – SpaceNews
  • Can SpaceX’s Elon Musk help NASA get back to the moon by 2024 after all? | TheHill
  • Space suits:
    • Op-ed | Private industry spacesuit advancements are the solution to OIG report findings – SpaceNews
  • Artemis human landing system selection:
    • GAO ruling on HLS award protest:
      • GAO report details rejection of HLS protests – SpaceNews
    • Blue Origin HLS :
      • NASA “Pauses” HLS Contract With SpaceX – SpacePolicyOnline.com
      • SpaceX’s lunar lander contract on hold again pending Blue Origin’s laws – The Verge
      • Here’s why Blue Origin thinks it is justified in continuing to protest NASA | Ars Technica
• Commercial Cargo & Crew:
  • Boeing Starliner uncrewed test mission:
    • Starliner Returns to Factory, Preparations Underway to Resolve Valve Issue – Commercial Crew Program/NASA
• US and Russia in space:
  • US Still Interested in Possibility of Having Astronauts Fly on Board Soyuz, Roscosmos Says – Sputnik International
• NASA science programs:
  • This Report Could Make or Break the Next 30 Years of U.S. Astronomy – Scientific American
• Space technology:
  • Where the sun always shines: Putting solar in space | Ars Technica
• Commercial space:
  • Op-ed | Unlocking New Economic Frontiers in Space – SpaceNews
  • Space Exploration: Private Firms Outperform NASA | National Review
  • LEO:
    • Factories in Space? Yeah, That’s a Thing Now | The Motley Fool
  • Human spaceflight/Space tourism:
    • Inspiration4 launch nears as intense training schedule continues – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • Science:
    • Rocket Lab Spacecraft Confirmed for Mars as NASA Greenlights ESCAPADE Small Satellite Interplanetary Mission | Rocket Lab
  •  Constellations
    • OneWeb constellation nears 300 satellites after Arianespace launch – SpaceNews
    • Musk’s Space Push Forces Satellite Rivals Into Merger Mode – Bloomberg
    • SpaceX President reveals 600,000 global Starlink internet preorders – Teslarati
• Regulation – spectrum, export control, launch, etc:
  • No Pressure Suits? Bezos, Branson Spark Alarms Over Safety in Space – Bloomberg
• Space law:
  • Space Café WebTalk with Antonino Salmeri Recap: From Sicily to the Moon with law – SpaceWatch.Global
• Space traffic & environment issues:
  • Russian Space Junk Slammed Into A Chinese Satellite, Says U.S. Space Force – Forbes
  • To solve space traffic woes, look to the high seas | MIT Technology Review
  • The knives aimed at SpaceX are getting sharpened – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman
  • Op-ed | Space tourism’s environmental price tag – SpaceNews
  • Orbital debris removal:
    • Millennium Space in an experiment de-orbited a satellite in eight months – SpaceNews
• US states space:
  • Ohio:
    • Still hard to believe Ohio is missing from NASA’s upcoming moon missions | The Blade
  •  Texas:
    • SpaceX launch site brings controversy to Texas town – 60 Minutes Plus/CBS News
• Weather & other earth observation satellites:
  • Maxar’s WorldView-1 Captures General, Overhead Views Of Evacuation Chaos At Hamid Karzai Int’l Airport In Afghanistan – SatNews
• GPS:
  • PNT alternatives champion open-market approach – SpaceNews
• US Defense space:
  • HQ selection:
    • Lamborn: The fight to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado is not over – SpaceNews
    • Trump says he ‘single-handedly’ picked Alabama for Space Command, contradicting Pentagon | TheHill
    • Trump on Space Command move: ‘I single-handedly said let’s go to Alabama’ – al.com
  •  Organizational:
    • The Space Force met its 18-month deadline to get up and running. Here’s what’s next. – Air Force Times
    • Dickinson: US Space Command is on ‘good glide path’ to full operational capability – Defense News
  • Commercial services:
    • Space Force awards $32 million in contracts to startups and small businesses – SpaceNews
  • Technology:
    • On National Security | In the new space era, a changing role for the U.S. government – SpaceNews
    • Pentagon Poised To Unveil, Demonstrate Classified Space Weapon – Breaking Defense

International space

• Multi-national:
  • BRICS space agencies share remote sensing satellite data – SpaceWatch.Global
• Australia:
  • WA’s first space satellite to enter orbit | PerthNow
  • Airbus To Deliver NexGen MILSATCOM For Australia – SatNews
• Chile:
  • How will rural Chileans use SpaceX Starlink? – CIS 471
• China:
  • Space station:
    • Chinese astronauts complete second spacewalk outside space station – Spaceflight Now
    • China Space Station: 2nd EVA Success – Leonard David
  • Tianwen-1 lander and Zhurong rover on Mars:
    • China’s Mars rover accomplishes planned exploration tasks – Xinhua
  • Science:
    • Across China: Space tech assists Chinese farmers to fish fortune in ponds – Xinhua
    • Chinese astronomers want to build an observatory in the Tibetan Plateau | MIT Technology Review
  • Launch:
    • China launches new satellite group – Xinhua
• Europe:
  • Astronaut applicants asked for patience as numbers exceed forecasts – ESA
  • ExoMars 2022 mission in final testing, ESA & Roscosmos prepare for approaching launch – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • Ariane 5 upper stage for James Webb on its way to Kourou – SpaceWatch.Global
• India:
  • US court allows Devas investors to track down ISRO commercial arm Antrix’s assets to recover $1.3 billion compensation – The Indian Express
  • A major setback – The Statesman
  • ISRO soon to carry out static test of solid fuel engine for small rocket – National Herald
• Japan:
  • Japan aims to bring back soil samples from Mars moon by 2029 – ABC News
• Philippines:
  • UAE and Philippines to collaborate on space exploration – SatellitePro ME
• Russia:
  • Russian tech firm develops new radar for safe launch of satellites – TASS
  • Lunar missions:
    • Russia’s Luna-25: Moon Lander Takeoff Delayed – Leonard David
• Saudi Arabia:
  • Saudi Arabia’s solutions by STC announces IPO – SatellitePro ME
• South Korea:
  • South Korea to invest $13.6 billion to bolster defenses capabilities in outer space – SpaceNews
• UAE:
  • UAE and Philippines to collaborate on space exploration – SatellitePro ME
•  UK:
  • Judge rules Sutherland spaceport project can go ahead | The National
  • Sutherland spaceport overcomes another legal challenge – Planet Radio
  • British court dismisses billionaire’s lawsuit against Sutherland spaceport – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

Webcasts:

** Workforce & Growth of Chinese Launch Companies, Shenzhou 12 Crew 2nd Spacewalk, Updates from Spacety – 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:
1) The growth of Chinese launch companies measured in 2019-2020 workforce increase
2) Spacety and T4i Announce Collaboration
3) The second spacewalk (EVA) of the Shenzhou-12 crew

See summary at Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 16 – 22 August 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global.

** A “Chinese New Shepard” by CAS Space, Round of Funding by Beijing Commercial Cargo Startup – 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). Also, many of the links mentioned in the episode are available there. This week, we discuss:
1) A Chinese New Shepard? CAS Space eyes space tourism
2) Chinese startup Interspace Explore raises “tens of millions” of RMB, plans commercial cargo spacecraft in 2022
3) Guangzhou adds Satellite Internet to 14th Five-Year Plan

See also the summary at Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 9 – 15 August 2021 – part 2 – SpaceWatch.Global

** The Space Show – Tuesday, Aug.17.2021 – Michael Listner discussed “the legal definition of the term astronaut and government plus non-government astronaut classifications for private sector spaceflight participants“.

** Hotel Mars  – The John Batchelor Show/The Space Show,  Wednesday, Aug.18.2021 – Anatoly Zak of RussianSpaceWeb.com spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about

the recent Russian ISS docking problem with the NAKUA module that sent the ISS spinning and tumbling until it was corrected. Anatoly talked about the possible cause, the actual impact and risks on the ISS, plus later we addressed the continued ISS leak that persists. Anatoly was asked if there was a competence problem with Russian hardware and/or management. In addition, he talked about the age of the ISS and the possibility of metal fatigue. Don’t miss all of what our guest said on these issues during our 11 minute discussion.

** The Space Show – Wednesday, Aug.18.2021 – Rod Pyle and Martine Rothblatt came for this special show to talk about

 the Rothblatt Space Settlement In Our Lifetime Prize, https://spacebizplan.nss.org.  Martine was only with us for 30 minutes but during that time, she talked about why space settlement was important, her vision for space settlement plus her vision for digitizing human consciousness in the future.  This was an exciting 30 minutes as Martine painted an exciting future which is plausible as you will hear.  Let us know what you think of her vision so please post your thoughts on our blog.  Martine had time to respond to several listener questions a call before leaving.  You can follow the tags and key words to this program for more detailed on what she had to say.

** The Space Show – Friday, Aug.20.2021 – Kevin Rice discussed

financing various types of space projects, including the most innovative, risky and often even fringe concepts. We talked about financing concepts before financing a solid project. Our guest started out by talking about NASA projects and missions during his time he was at JPL. He said most of the calls were for mission types, not specific missions, then he explained the difference and the evolutionary process from general missions to a specific mission. This was a detailed discussion which was followed by a look at the processes use by the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works. …

** The Space Show – Sunday, Aug.22.2021 – John Hunt “broke down the government unclassified UAP report delivered to the Senate last June. Lots of callers, much fun, seriousness as well so enjoy it“.

** The Space Cafe Podcast #034: John Mankins – Energy from orbit, new ways of propulsion and Star Trek type spaceships – SpaceWatch.Global

** Space Café WebTalk – Prof. Kazuto Suzuki – 15. June 2021 – spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube

During this week’s Space Café, SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening sat down with Professor of Science and Technology Policy at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo, Japan, Kazuto Suzuki. Having received his PhD at the University of Sussex, Professor Suzuki has worked internationally as a strategic policy analyst and advisor in space and military space policy, with research positions at the University of Tsukuba and the Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique in Paris. He has also served as an expert in the Panel of Experts for the Iranian Sanction Committee under the United Nations Security Council and contributed to the drafting of the Basic Space Law of Japan. He now serves as a member of Sub-committees of industrial policy and space security policy of the National Space Policy Commission. This week, he and Torsten discuss his home country’s place in the space race, and how as a late-starter like Germany, Japan has become a leading, spacefaring launch country whose ambitious plans for debris removal could change the fate of space for good. …

** E71 – Flying Cars! The Case for Advanced Air Mobility – Aerospace Corp Space Policy (Vimeo) – Center for Space Policy & Strategy (CSPS)

** August 20, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

** April 18, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

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