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:
- Schedule:
- NASA budget:
- US space development:
- Commercial weather data purchase:
- US Defense space:
- Spaceports:
- Update: Space wars erupt in the Highlands amid race to build UK’s first satellite-launching station | Press and Journal
- Update: Spaceport safety measures required to reduce risk to North Sea platforms and Faroe Islands | Press and Journal
- Should Arizona Consider Building A Spaceport? | KJZZ
- Third public hearing for spaceport authority – The Brunswick News
- Canadian space:
- Chinese space:
- Euro space:
- French-Indian space co-op:
- Indian-Japanese space co-op:
- Russian space:
- Russia’s passive-aggressive reaction to SpaceX may mask a deeper truth | Ars Technica
- Russian space firm developing new program to boost Proton-M carrier rocket’s reliability – TASS
- Russian space agency ready to continue talks on Deep Space Gateway lunar project – TASS
- Russian rocket for suborbital space tourism to use ethanol as fuel — designer – TASS
Webcasts:
** China on the Final Frontier | The Planetary Society
With missions like Chang’e 4 on the far side of the Moon, China has firmly established itself as a leader in space exploration. Space journalist Andrew Jones helps us explore the nation’s ambitious near and long-term plans. Emily Lakdawalla says Mars lander InSight’s Mole has hit an obstacle, while Jason Davis shows us how Japan’s Hayabusa2 has blasted asteroid Ryugu for a sample and celebrates the success of the SpaceX Crew Dragon demo mission. Chief Scientist Bruce Betts gets a polite dressing down from an impeccable source.
** Dennis Ray Wingo recently talked “at NASA Ames for the Commercial Space Telecon, on March 6th, 2019. It encapsulates my thoughts to date on our direction and steps to the Industrialization of the Moon”.
** March 5, 2019 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black
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