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:
- SLS/Orion
- Update: Boeing’s NASA moon rocket: billions over budget, short on missions – The Washington Post
- Administration proposes the end of EUS while Administrator considers full Exploration manifest rewrite – NASASpaceFlight.com
- Surprise NASA Announcement Puts Future Of New Mega-Rocket In Doubt – Forbes
- Rethinking EM-1, and SLS – The Space Review
- NASA and the Moon:
- Planetary science:
- Commercial partnerships:
- Spaceports:
- Space spectrum:
- US military space:
- Launch
- Space force:
- Reform & reorganization:
- Brazilian space:
- Canadian space:
- A Space Focused Overview of the 2019 Federal Budget is Now Available Online – The Commercial Space Blog
- 2019 Canadian Federal Budget Provides New Funding For Low Earth Orbit Satellite Capacity – SpaceQ
- Propellant proposed for Canso Spaceport widely used, says company | Local | News | The Chronicle Herald
- Chinese space:
- Euro space:
- Russian space:
- Roscosmos promises to send manned mission to the Moon ‘soon by space standards’ – TASS
- Russia may launch Luna-Glob probe in 2022-2024 – TASS
- Russia to furnish Nauka research module with Earth’s remote sensing equipment – TASS
- Russian space agency to adapt Soyuz-5 rocket for Sea Launch project – TASS
- UAE space:
- Pan-Arab space programme to lead research into desertification and drought – The National
- Pan-Arab Group For Space Collaboration Founded In Abu Dhabi – SpaceWatch.Global
- Bahrain And UAE’s Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre Sign Space Cooperation Agreement – SpaceWatch.Global
- UAE to sign agreement with Virgin Galactic for spaceport in Al Ain Airport – Khaleej Times
- UK space:
Webcasts:
** NASA’s Space Launch System Beset By Delays – Intersection – 90.7 WMFE –
So is the future of NASA’s biggest rocket in the hands of the private space industry? What does that mean for the program here on the space coast?
To talk more about the rocket program Intersection is joined by 90.7’s space reporter Brendan Byrne and Laura Forczyk, a space policy analyst and the founder of Astrolytical.
** Episode T+115: Caleb Henry – Main Engine Cut Off –
Caleb Henry of SpaceNews joins me live in studio to talk about his trip to Kourou for the first OneWeb launch, more affordable antennas, the current spectrum wars, and more from the world of satellites.
** Episode T+114: EM-1 Hot Drama with Eric Berger – Main Engine Cut Off –
Eric Berger of Ars Technica joins me to talk about the latest in SLS Hot Drama: the 2020 budget request and a Bridenstine appearance in the Senate that might just go down in history. This week, NASA has proposed flying the three prime missions of SLS on commercial vehicles, setting the stage for an interesting few months of politics and engineering, and introducing some serious questions about the future of SLS.
** March 19, 2019 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black
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