A sampling of links to policy, politics, and other government news and resource items related to space that I found of interest:

• Events:
  • What’s Happening in Space Policy October 21-27, 2018 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Loverro, Sirangelo, McLaughlin Headline National Space Council Meeting – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• SLS/Orion:
  • Congress Needs To Stop Pouring Money Into NASA’s Black Hole – The Federalist
  • Another Zimmerman op-ed: Congress Needs To Stop Pouring Money Into NASA’s Contractor Black Hole | Behind The Black
  • Hear more about the SLS/Orion fiasco in the interview below with Jim Muncy.
• NASA programs:
  • How Many Space Stations Does This Planet Need? – The New York Times
  • NASA issues call for payloads to go on commercial lunar landers – SpaceNews.com
  • Why a space Gateway? – POLITICO
• US vs Euro launch:
  • How American Space Launch Left Europe in the Dust – Popular Mechanics
• Regional space:
  • Seattle space leaders pitch lawmakers on a new rocket test facility – GeekWire
  • Report lays out strategies to boost Washington’s $1.8B space industry – GeekWire
  • Integral roadway to Spaceport officially opened – KOB 4
  • Highland spaceport put on hold – Press and Journal
• Military space:
  • Space Force policy memo being drafted to establish new military branch – SpaceNews.com
• Bavarian space:
  • Bavaria’s space program shot to viral fame — but it may be in trouble – The Verge
• Chinese space:
  • China artificial moon: As India gears up for Chandrayaan 2, China moots artificial moons in space | India News – Times of India
• Indian space:
  • 10 years after Chandrayaan-1 mission, moon lander Chandrayaan-2 awaits liftoff- Technology News, Firstpost
  • The moonshot has paid off, but ISRO still has a long way to go – The Hindu BusinessLine
  • Japanese space:
• Japanese space:
  • Japan changes tack and turns to private sector in space race | Financial Times
• Russian space:
  • White House Temporarily Lifts Sanctions on Russia’s Space Chief for U.S. Visit – Moscow Times
  • Report on Soyuz-FG malfunction to be approved on October 30 – TASS
  • A fraying spaceflight infrastructure – The Space Review
  • So, you want to become a cosmonaut? Inside the 2018 cosmonaut selection process – The Space Review
  • US wants Russia to be partner in creating lunar orbital outpost, says NASA chief – TASS
  • Soyuz Rocket’s Launch-Abort Close Call Highlights Poor Space-Policy Decisions (Op-Ed) – Leroy Chiao – Space.com

Webcasts:

** The Space Show – Sun, 10/21/2018 – James A. M. Muncy talked about “US space policy & legislation, commercial space, the launcher & satellite industry, China, space force issues, public-private partnerships, commercializing LEO and much more”.

** October 16, 2018 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

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