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 deeps space plans:
  • NASA Rushes to the Moon – The Atlantic
  • NASA Plans Transition from Robots to Crewed Moon Landings – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • NASA unlikely to return Mars samples in the 2020s – SpaceNews.com
• SLS/Orion/Gateway:
  • Shutdown to delay first element of NASA’s lunar Gateway – SpaceNews.com
  • OIG announces an audit that will evaluate NASA’s management of the Ground and Flight Application Software.
    — NASA OIG (@NASAOIG) February 26, 2019
  • See item below about Canada joining the Gateway program.
• Commercial space:
  • Falcon 9, Crew Dragon Pair Up for Critical Flight Test – Commercial Crew Program/NASA
  • SpaceX prepares for historic DM-1 mission, Dragon 2’s maiden flight to the ISS – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • NASA, SpaceX ready next step to returning astronauts to American launches – Florida Politics
  • Wilbur Ross: Launching toward a $1 trillion space economy | Commentary – Orlando Sentinel
• NASA budget:
  • NASA’S FY2019 Budget Request – Fact Sheet – SpacePolicyOnline.com (pdf)
  • NASA could see a 5 percent budget cut next year, official says – HoustonChronicle.com
• ISS:
  • U.S. Sen. Cornyn files measure to extended U.S. operations on space station to 2030 – HoustonChronicle.com
  • Senate bill seeks extension of the space station – SpaceNews.com
• Nuclear space:
  • NASA is going back to the future with nuclear rockets | TheHill
  • NASA Will Flight Test a Nuclear Rocket by 2024 and Other High Tech NASA Projects – NextBigFuture.com
• Space policy history:
  • Ronald Reagan and the Space Frontier – The Space Review
• Spaceports:
  • • Twenty years in, was Oklahoma’s space investment worth it? | KOKH
    • Is the time right for Arizona to build a spaceport? | AZ Big Media
    • Spaceport America anticipates hosting manned flights in 2019 | KOB 4
    • Companies flourishing at Spaceport America | KOB 4
    • Rocket startups could breathe new life into Florida’s Space Coast – CNN
    • Why the space race will be one giant leap for Cornwall – Cornwall Live
• US military space:
  • The Changing Dynamics of Twenty-First-Century Space Power – James Clay Moltz (pdf)
  • Air Force laying groundwork for future military use of commercial megaconstellations – SpaceNews.com
  • A Space Service in support of American grand strategy – The Space Review
  • Why Trump’s new space directive resonates – Washington Times
• Australian space:
  • Will Australia Become the Third Nation to Encourage Private Sector Space Mining? – Commercial Space Blog
• Canadian space:
  • Canada is the First Nation to Formally Commit to the US Lunar Gateway – The Commercial Space Blog
  • The Planetary Society Celebrates Canada’s Major Space Program Investment | The Planetary Society
  • NASA Secures First International Partnership for Lunar Gateway | NASA
  • Canada commits to NASA’s Lunar Gateway boondoggle | Behind The Black
• Chinese space:
  • China’s Chang’e-4 probe resumes to work after lunar night – Xinhua | English.news.cn
  • Chinese state-owned firms preparing to launch new commercial rockets – SpaceNews.com
• Euro space:
  • European officials reject SpaceX complaints over launch subsidies | Reuters
  • Astrobotic Team Selected by ESA to Study Delivery of Lunar Resources Mission | Astrobotic
• Indian space:
  • ISRO to Launch Nearly 30 Satellites in March on New PSLV Rocket – NDTV.com
• Israeli space:
  • Israel’s Beresheet lunar shuttle completes another maneuver on way to moo – Jerusalem Post
  • First Privately Developed Lander En Route to the Moon – Eos
• Japanese space:
  • What should be Japan’s strategy for human space exploration? – The Space Review
• Russian space:
  • Putin sets sights on creating National Space Center in Moscow by 2020 – TASS
  • Next space expedition crew in final preparations for flight to orbital outpost – TASS
  • Russia to Invest Over $450,000 in Development of Backpack Vacuum Cleaner for ISS – Sputnik International
• UAE space:
  • UAE says its first astronaut going into space in September – ABC News
  • Op-ed | Sustainability on Earth depends on our exploration of space – SpaceNews.com
• Ukrainan space:
  • Ukrainian floating spaceport to be created in Kherson – First Ukrainian floating spaceport might be created in Kherson – 112.international

Webcasts:

** EXCLUSIVE: Former FL Sen. Bill Nelson on space exploration, UF historical docs

** February 26, 2019 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

** The Space Show – Sun, 02/24/2019 – Linda Plush talked about “Human spaceflight medical concerns, challenges, solutions, mitigations, R&D, budget issues, progress, engineering differences and more”.

** The Space Show – Mon, 02/25/2019 – Micah Walter-Range discussed “how to expand and develop space with both government and private sector activity to establish a sustainable global space economy”.

** The Space Show – Tue, 02/26/2019 – Bernie Taylor discussed “Lunar time life, lunar cycles and life, extraterrestrial life, Drake equation modification to reflect the Moon, intelligent animals w/o lunar cycles and more”.

** Weekly Space Hangout: Feb 27, 2019: Dr. Ellen Stofan, Director of the National Air and Space Museum

** Episode T+113: Q&A – Main Engine Cut Off – “This month, we talk the GEO slowdown, the LEO boom, and as always, take on some fun launch vehicle questions.”

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