John Kelly is very skeptical that the James Webb Space Telescope will meet its cost and and schedule goals: Space telescope cost, schedule unrealistic – Florida Today

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Marcia S. Smith posts a report on comments in the past week by Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA’s Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, on the rationale behind the NASA interest in an asteroid capture program: Gerstenmaier Elucidates Asteroid Return Strategy – SpacePolicyOnline.com.

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Robert Walker, former chair of a House science committee,  and Scott Pace, director of George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute, recently spoke on space issues at a forum at the Washington Council on Foreign Relations

• Space Policy Vets Recommend Global Moon Initiative – Aviation Week
• Not About Chechens: ‘Future of U.S. Space Policy’ – James Fallows/The Atlantic