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’s Artemis return to the Moon program:
- NASA administrator on new Moon plan: ‘We’re doing this in a way that’s never been done before’ – The Verge
- Bridenstine says $1.6 billion at “low end” of funding needed to keep 2024 lunar landing on schedule – SpaceNews.com
- NASA Highlights Moon 2024 Mission with FY 2020 Budget Amendment | NASA
- Administrator Bridenstine on Budget Amendment Supporting Humans on Moon in 2024 – YouTube
- NASA is asking for more money to go to the moon. But will it be enough this time? – Orlando Sentinel
- NASA reveals funding needed for Moon program, says it will be named Artemis | Ars Technica
- Trump Requests $1.6 Billion Plus-Up to NASA Budget to Return Americans to the Moon by 2024 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Moon 2024 Gets a Name — Artemis – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Trump adds $1.6 billion to NASA budget request to kick start ‘Artemis’ moon mission – CBS News/Spaceflight Now
- NASA aims for quick start to 2024 Moon landing via newly named Artemis Program – NASASpaceFlight.com
- Artemis and commercial partners:
- Congressional space:
- Administration Asks For Authority to Shift Money Within NASA to Pay for Moon Program – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- House appropriators take a pass on NASA budget amendment – SpaceNews.com
- House Appropriators Give Lukewarm Support for Space Force, SDA – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- The uphill battle NASA faces to sell its Moon plan to Congress – The Verge
- Chairwomen Johnson and Horn Question Funding Plan for NASA’s Accelerated Moon Landing Program | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
- Senate hearing examines commercial implications of Space Force – SpaceNews.com
- SLS/Orion:
- NASA small business grants:
- Space settlement:
- Mars missions:
- Space regulations:
- US military space:
- US states space:
- Canadian space:
- Chinese space:
- French space:
- Indian space:
- New Zealand:
- Russian space:
- Scottish space:
- UAE space:
Webcasts:
In Via Satellite’s debut episode of “On Orbit,” host Jeffrey Hill sits down with Geeks Without Frontiers CEO David Hartshorn to decipher Digital Divide statistics and discuss the role that hybrid networks, satellites, and specifically the new LEO/MEO constellation satellites will play in providing connectivity to the world’s 4 billion people without access to broadband. We also talk about the importance of electric power as a resource, and how private industry firms are investing in developing economies through connectivity.
** The Space Show – Tue, 05/14/2019: Dr. Robert Zubrin talked about his new book, The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility and about “the Gateway, lunar return, Mars, policy, China, Pell Grant funding and more”.
** NASA Artemis promotional video narrated by William Shatner: “We are going to the Moon, to stay, by 2024. And this is how.”
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