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 lunar missions:
  • NASA Seeks US Partners to Develop Systems to Land Astronauts on Moon | NASA
• Administration space:
  • Trump Gives SOTU Shoutouts to the Past and Present of Space, but Not the Future – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Scolese To Be Nominated As Next NRO Director – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• SLS/Orion:
  • NASA “still working toward” 2020 launch of massive SLS rocket | Ars Technica
• Space regulation:
  • Shutdown delays proposed revisions to launch licensing regulations – SpaceNews.com
  • C-Band Alliance plan will spawn lawsuits, Google, Charter warn – SpaceNews.com
• Congressional space:
  • Rep. Horn to Make Debut as Space Subcommitee Chair at Commercial Space Conference – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• Space resources:
  • New Policies Needed to Advance Space Mining – Issues in Science and Technology
• US military space:
  • Lawmakers: Air Force launch procurement strategy undermines SpaceX – SpaceNews.com
  • Thinking about EELV Phase II funding and why SpaceX was left out of it – National Space Society
  • Triage reveals urgent military space jobs – SpaceNews.com
  • Culture shift: Debunking myths about commercial managed SATCOM for government customers – SpaceNews.com
  • Air Force wants to become a bigger player in the small launch industry – SpaceNews.com
  • Pentagon space agency poised to ignite turf wars – SpaceNews.com
• Spaceports:
  • Big Island: No Aloha So Far For A Puna Spaceport – Honolulu Civil Beat
  • Residents air concerns about spaceport proposal – Hawaii Tribune-Herald
• Asian space:
  • As China Surges Ahead in Space, India and Japan Band Together to Keep Up – TheWire.in
• Chinese space:
  • Farside Politics: The West Eyes Moon Cooperation with China – LeonardDavid.com
  • Shanghai space vehicle manufacturer targets 17 launches in 2019 – SpaceNews.com
• Euro space:
  • French auditor says Ariane 6 rocket too conventional to compete with SpaceX | Ars Technica
  • The Director General of ESA discusses their future space activities -SciTechEuropa.eu
• Indian space:
  • ISRO opens its first Human Space Flight Centre – AsianAge.com
• Russian space:
  • Russian space agency expects $29 mln net income for 2018 – TASS
  • Rogozin teases new Russian super-heavy rocket Yenisei – SpaceNews.com
• UAE space:
  • Benefits of international space economy to form key focus at Global Space Congress – Arabian Aerospace
• Turkish space:
  • Turkey creates its first space agency – Nature.com
• UK space:
  • Shetland and Cornwall join forces to boost space centre plans | Press and Journal

Webcasts:

** The Space Show – Tue, 02/05/2019 – Robert Zimmerman spoke about “record launch activity, FH, F9, heavy lift, Geo satellite market, cubesat constellations, NASA, commercial crew, space politics, and more”.

** The Space Show – Sun, 02/03/2019 – Open lines show in which David discussed a wide range of topics with callers including military space, Chinese space program, lunar development, and more

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