Space policy roundup – Feb.25.2019 | 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 lunar programs:
- Editorial: Returning to the moon – Opinion – providencejournal.com – Providence, RI
- Companies skeptical commercial lunar landers can fly NASA payloads this year – SpaceNews.com
Protecting lunar historical sites:
- A World Heritage site on the moon? That’s not as spacey as it sounds – Los Angeles Times
- How Do You Preserve History On The Moon? – NPR
Commercial Crew Program:
- Dragon aces final NASA review, now set for test flight on March 2 | Ars Technica
International Space Station:
- U.S. Sen. John Cornyn plans to file measure extending U.S. operations of the space station to 2030 – Houston Chronicle
US Defense space:
Canadian space:
- Maritime Launch Services to Deliver NSE Focus Report by the Third Week of March – SpaceQ
Chinese space:
- China Space Station Progress: Shortlist of Experiment Ideas – Leonard David
- First the moon, now China plans to launch space-based solar power satellite | TheHill
Ethiopian space
- Eutelsat Leases Video Capacity On EUTELSAT-8 West B To Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation And Association Of Ethiopian Broadcasters – SpaceWatch.Global
Euro space:
Russian space:
- Russia to use Federatsiya spacecraft for deep space flights, says Roscosmos chief – TASS
- Emergency at Egyptian Satellite Launch Caused by Human Factor – Sputnik International

Webcasts:

** The Space Show – Sun, 02/24/2019 – Linda Plush, Executive Director of the Space Nursing Society, discussed human spaceflight medical challenges.

** Episode T+111: SpaceX, the Established Launch Provider – Main Engine Cut Off – “A tale of politics, protests, and contracts tells the story of how SpaceX is in transition—and maybe has already transitioned—from a scrappy upstart to an established launch provider.”.

** Episode 1104: Mars Done? – “After examining the current launch log book and going over some significant breaking news with the Mars Exploration Rover Mission and NASA’s current lunar aspirations, the team discusses the latest findings from the New Horizons mission. We then celebrate the naming of the European Space Agency’s Exomars mission rover. The ExoMars set for a 2020 launch attempt will be called the Rosalind Franklin after the British chemist who helped discover the true nature of the structure of Deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA. Is the Mars One colonization effort finished after its bankruptcy filingor is it simply attempting to respawn? The team does its best to find out. In the final segment, Mark Ratterman observes the passing of one of the Apollo Program’s unsung heroes and we ask help in seeking out anyone who may have had an impact on Apollo’s success to tell their story on the program. We also mark the untimely passing of space flight historian and good friend, Kate Doolan. ”