Space policy roundup – Jan.10.2019 | Space-for-All at HobbySpace

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:

NASA projects:
- Government MECO delays RS-25 testing following premature shutdown – NASASpaceFlight.com
- The struggle for a practical cislunar transportation system – The Space Review
NASA Commercial Crew:
Space politics:
- Wicker, Cantwell to Lead Senate Commerce Committee; Appropriations Leadership Remains the Same – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Space council advisory group to study role of human space exploration supporting science – SpaceNews.com
NASA and the govt. shutdown:
- Shutdown grounds NASA’s airborne observatory – SpaceNews.com
- Tech labor leader warns NASA employees could move to private sector if shutdown continues | TheHill
Regulation:
- Swarm, after FCC blunder, hires satellite regulatory veteran Kalpak Gude – SpaceNews.com
Remote sensing:
- Danish University Uses Satellite Imagery To Map Global Poverty – SpaceWatch.Global
Planetary defense:
- NASA is crashing a satellite into an asteroid to gather data about asteroid deflection – Teslarati.com
US military space:
Chinese space:
Indian space:
- India and Japan awaken to risks of superpower space race – Nikkei Asian Review
- India Gaining In Space – OpEd – Eurasia Review
Russian space:
UK space:
- The quest to make Cornwall a global spaceport | Financial Times

Webcasts:

** The Space Show – Tue, 01/08/2019 – Dr. Doug Plata discussed a “list of 15 space advocate heresies plus news of his University of Arizona Tucson projects”.

** The Space Show – Mon, 01/07/2019 – Dr. George Sowers talked about the “Commercial Lunar Propellant Architecture Study, The Chinese far side of the Moon lander, Colorado School of Mines new space resource graduate degree program“.