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:
  • What’s Happening in Space Policy March 24-30, 2019 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • NASA’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2020 – YouTube – Webcast of House Appropriations Committee hearing on NASA budget request on Wednesday, March 27 at 2:30 pm ET.
• NASA’s lunar plans:
  • Political Pressure Grows on NASA’s Lunar Program – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Space Council seeks urgency in NASA exploration plans – SpaceNews.com
  • Return to the moon must include private partnerships – Florida Today
• SLS/Orion:
  • Another Boeing space project delayed – The Washington Post
• US military space:
  • Air Force poised to release final solicitation notice for national security space launch – SpaceNews.com
  • Five Principles To Drive The Space Force – Breaking Defense
• US spaceports:
  • Michigan Could Start Launching Rockets to Space – Satnews
• Brazilian space:
  • U.S.-Brazil agreement goes beyond launch – SpaceNews.com
• Canadian space:
  • New report details impact of proposed Nova Scotia spaceport in event of explosion | The Star
  • Public, environment will be safe even if rocket launch fails, says company | CBC News
  • Canadian Space Agency confident in rocket being used to launch $1 billion satellite despite U.S. investigation | Montreal Gazette
• Chinese space:
  • Sino-European joint space mission to send satellites in 2023 – Xinhua | English.news.cn
• Russian space:
  • Roscosmos CEO announces new ‘era’ in space race – TASS
  • Russian space agency to produce no less than 8 Angara carrier rockets a year after 2023 – TASS
  • Roscosmos to advocate lunar exploration program in government by mid-2019 – TASS
  • Minimal cost of creation of Russian super-heavy booster is $11.6 billion – TASS
  • Roscosmos vows to keep ISS on orbit if NASA withdraws from the project – TASS
• Scottish space:
  • Sarah Carroll: Giant leap for a small nation in space race – The Scotsman
  • Scotland Can Win European Space Race, Says Member of Scottish Parliment – Satnews
• UAE space:
  • A Conversation with UAE Space Agency Director General, H.E. Dr Mohammed Nasser Al Ahbabi, and Canadian Space Agency President, Mr. Sylvain Laporte – Canadian Business Council Abu Dhabi

Webcasts:

** The space Show – Sun, 03/24/2019 – Chris Carberry discussed Explore Mars, their Mars report from late last year, and their upcoming Humans2Mars Event in May 2019.

** The Space Show – Thu, 03/21/2019 – Henry Vanderbilt and Michael Wallis talked about “The Space Access Society Conference in Freemont, CA from April 18-20, contents, logistics, networking, registration, hospitality, event focus and more”.

** March 21, 2019 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

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