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:
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- The longstanding NASA-Russian partnership in space may be unraveling | Ars Technica
- Number of Soyuz rocket launches in 2019 to be increased to 20-22 – TASS
- First manned launch in 2019 may be postponed from March 1 to early April – TASS
- Russian scientists find defect in new heavy lift space rocket engine | Reuters
- Russia to Launch First-Ever Arctic Weather Satellite – Source – Sputnik International
- Next launch from Russia’s Vostochny spaceport scheduled for summer – TASS
- Roscosmos head supports initiative on recruiting female cosmonauts – TASS
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- UAE
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Webcasts:
** Space Policy Edition: Shutdown | The Planetary Society
In a government shutdown seemingly without end, we bring you two stories from individuals directly impacted by the crisis. NASA scientist and union representative Lee Stone discusses the missed paychecks, loss of science, and lasting negative consequences to the public sector scientific workforce. Rob Hoyt, CEO of Tethers Unlimited, a small business in Washington state that was forced to lay off 20% of its workforce due to unpaid NASA contracts, describes the impact on contractors that may never see repayment or reimbursements.
** The Space Show – Fri, 01/18/2019 – Dr. Namrata Goswami discussed “Chinese landing on the lunar far side and the Chinese space program”.
** January 18, 2019 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black
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