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:
- Lunar Gateway station:
- NASA’s lunar program:
- CNN: Bridenstine Says Artemis Cost is $20-30 Billion – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Bridenstine estimates Artemis cost at $20–30 billion – SpaceNews.com
- The New Moon Race – Politico – Includes several articles, e.g. Humans or robots first?
- Scientists fear cuts to NASA science to pay for Artemis – SpaceNews.com
- NASA Chief Says US Still Aimed at a Moon Return by 2024, Despite Trump Tweet | Space.com
- Interview: The Once and Future Moon – Scientific American
- NASA commercial partnerships:
- NASA astrophysics missions:
- US military space:
- Launch:
- Space force/corps:
- Space Corps? Space Force? House and Senate Plans Diverge – Air Force Magazine
- More Details on SASC’s Space Force Plans – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- HASC Chairman: Committee Bill Will Include Smaller, Cheaper Space Force/Space Corps – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- House Armed Services strikes agreement on Trump’s Space Force – RollCall.com
- House Armed Services Committee votes to create a U.S. Space Corps – SpaceNews.com
- Acquisition policies:
- Use of commercial earth observation:
- General:
- Orbital debris:
- Spectrum regulations:
- International space:
- African space:
- Australian space:
- Chinese space:
- China: Moon Mining only Beginning of Ambitious Space Plans | National Review
- A new moon race is on. Is China already ahead? – Politico
- China rolls out rules to guide development of SpaceX-style commercial rocket research in the country | South China Morning Post
- 17 nations to join China’s space station – Chinadaily.com.cn
- Interview: UN space chief hails broad, in-depth cooperation with China – Xinhua
- Euro space:
- Indian space:
- ISRO Latest News: India to set up its own space station within 7 yrs: Isro chief K Sivan – Times of India
- India to have its own space station: ISRO – The Hindu
- India has made significant strides in satellite & launcher | Business Standard News
- Chandrayaan-2, India’s second moon mission, to be launched on July 15 – Hindustan Times
- ISRO: Chandrayaan 2 will take Nasa-Isro ties to a new height – Times of India
- A First: India to Launch First Simulated Space Warfare Exercise | The Diplomat
- Russian space:
- UK space:
Webcasts:
** Procurement Council Meeting: U.S. Chamber of Commerce event on ISS and Gateway Commercialization
** The Space Show – Tue, 06/11/2019 – David Chudwin talked about his book, I Was a Teenage Space Reporter: From Apollo 11 to Our Future in Space, and “the Moon through the eyes of a teenager, Woodstock, peer interest in space, the new space program, returning to the Moon and going to Mars plus more”.
** June 10, 2019 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black
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