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:
- Space politics:
- We have the technology to build a colony on the moon. Let’s do it. – The Washington Post – Bob Zubrin and Homer Hickam
- Mankind needs Ted Cruz to step up for NASA [Editorial] – HoustonChronicle.com
- Trump’s NOAA Nominee Won’t Get Senate Vote This Year – The New York Times
- Bill Nelson’s Senate farewell to space speech urges exploration forever more – Orlando Rising – Note: See below a video of Nelson’s speech.
- Nelson continues effort to extend space station – SpaceNews.com
- Space regulation:
- US space policy
- Plutonium for space missions:
- Planetary protection:
- US defense space:
- Shanahan: Space Force Decision Made, But Not Ready To Reveal It – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- DARPA’s next project: Design a Space Development Agency – SpaceNews.com
- Air Force Space Command officially takes over as chief buyer of satellite communications for the Defense Department – SpaceNews.com
- New Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee Gets Space – SpaceDaily.com
- Aerospace Corp. to lay out strategy to ‘outpace the threat’ in space – SpaceNews.com
- US defense launch:
- Highly anticipated GPS 3 launch just days away – SpaceNews.com
- Live coverage: Delayed flight of ULA’s heavy-lift rocket set for Tuesday night – Spaceflight Now
- Getting Vulcan up to speed: Part one of our interview with Tory Bruno | Ars Technica
- ULA chief Tory Bruno on competing with Blue Origin, SpaceX rocket landings | Ars Technica
- Australian space:
- Canadian space:
- Note: See the Planetary Radio program below about Canadian space.
- 2019 Federal Pre-Budget Consultation Report Mentions ” Significant, Ongoing Investments to Advance Canada’s Space Program” – The Commercial Space Blog
- Is Canada’s space program slipping out of orbit? – Macleans.ca
- Canadian Intelligence Agency “Warning Country’s Top Universities” About Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei – The Commercial Space Blog
- Williams: Canada must continue to be a spacefaring nation. Here’s why | Ottawa Citizen
- Chinese space:
- Egyptian space:
- Euro space:
- Japanese space:
- Russian space:
- Russian spacewalkers carve away at Soyuz spaceship to inspect plugged hole – GeekWire
- Russia Wants to Extend U.S. Space Partnership. Or It Could Turn to China. – The New York Times
- France signs contract to join Russia’s Bion-M2 bio-satellite project – TASS
- Russia delivers 3 more RD-180 space rocket engines to US – TASS
- Syrian space:
- Turkish space:
- UK space:
- Uzbeki space:
Webcasts:
** Senator Bill Nelson, U.S. Space Program, December 10, 2018
On December 10, 2018, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) gave a speech on the floor of the Senate discussing the American space program. This was Senator Nelson’s farewell address on space before leaving office in January 2019.
** Space Policy Edition: Canada’s Uncertain Future in Space (with Kate Howells) | The Planetary Society
Canada was the third country in history to launch a satellite into space, but now lags in its space ambitions, capability, and spending. What happened? Kate Howells, who serves on the Canadian Space Advisory Board, joins the podcast to talk about the challenges facing Canada’s future in space and how the nation needs to do a better job of communicating the benefits of space exploration to its citizens. Casey and Mat also look at the latest machinations of the U.S. Congress, which has yet to fund NASA for 2019 and is rapidly running out of time to do so.
** At the Space Settlement Summit With Former NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden | The Planetary Society
He led NASA for eight years, but not till he had flown on four Space Shuttle missions and enjoyed a long military career. Charlie Bolden talks with Mat about his time at the space agency and where we’re headed on the final frontier. Space station designer Al Globus says a city in space may be much easier to achieve than was thought. Planetary Society Senior Editor Emily Lakdawalla has news about five planetary science missions. Mat has a surprise for Bruce Betts and more great prizes for the space trivia contest.
** Kickstarting Space Industry with Isaac Arthur