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:

• Shedule:
  • What’s Happening in Space Policy July 21-27, 2019 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA lunar program:
  • Pence Sticks With the Plan — Moon in 2024, Then Mars – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Mike Pence interview: Vice president reaffirms administration support for “moon-first” strategy – CBS News
  • NASA outlines plans for lunar lander development through commercial partnerships – SpaceNews.com
  • As Trump administration pushes for new space exploration, critics question its costs | PBS NewsHour
  • Trump repeatedly asks NASA administrator why we can’t go straight to Mars – The Verge
• US space policy in light of Apollo 11 anniversary:
  • On Avoiding Some of the Mistakes of Apollo | Selenian Boondocks
  • Op-ed | The Apollo program and the Chinese treasure fleets – SpaceNews.com
  • The Apollo 11 anniversary and why it is so important – SpaceNews.com
  • Op-ed | Reflections on the U.S. space program a half-century after Apollo 11 – SpaceNews.com
  • And now, the next 50 years – The Space Review
• Congressional space:
  • Congress, White House Reach Two-Year Budget, Debt Limit Deal – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Congress has doubts about NASA’s planned return to lunar surface – Oklahoman.com
• Space law:
  • Advancing the jurisdiction of the US federal court system to address disputes between private space actors – The Space Review
• US states space:
  • Financial experts weigh in on SpaceX contributions to McGregor – KXXV.com
  • Federal grant will help build bridge to Cape Canaveral – WOGX
  • OneWeb opens satellite factory near Kennedy Space Center, helping ‘transform’ the Space Coast – Orlando Sentinel
• US military space:
  • Space Development Agency looking to recover from tough start – SpaceNews.com
  • Why the Space Corps needs to use naval rank – The Space Review
• International space
  • Australia:
    • Why isn’t Australia in deep space? – The Conversation
  • China:
    • China’s Tiangong-2 space lab reenters over South Pacific – SpaceNews.com
    • China long march into space – China Acdemy of Space Technology (CAST)/Xinhua
    • 50 years after US moon landing, China is catching up in the space race – CNN
    • Economic Development Is at the Heart of China’s Lunar Program – LaunchPub.com
  • India:
    • India successfully launches its first lunar lander bound for the Moon – The Verge
    • India has launched an ambitious mission to the Moon | Ars Technica
    • Chasing the Moon – The Statesman
    • Is ISRO’s “cryogenic curse” finally over? – The Space Review
  • Mexico:
    • Rocket Lab’s secret payload owned by Mexican defence agency | Stuff.co.nz
  • Norway:
    • #SpaceWatchGL Interviews: Ole Dokka of Spaceport Norway – SpaceWatch.Global
  • UAE space:
    • Emirati astronaut prepares to join elite Arab space club – ArabNews.com
  • UK:
    • Spaceport boosted with RAF agreement | Insider Media Ltd

Webcasts:

** Asteroid Day LIVE 2019 – Videos of seminars and panel discussions on planetary defense related topics. For example: this video shows a discussion of

Planetary Defense and in particular, the importance of Asteroid Deflection Missions, DART and HERA. The panel will look at Europe‘s role in US-European cooperation and evaluate the importance and value of multi-country and private industry collaborations on Space Missions and Planetary Science.

** The Space Show – Sun, 07/21/2019 – Rand Simberg and Bill Simon talked about the Evoloterra ceremony in honor of the anniversary of Apollo 11 and about current space developments and policy issues.

** Was the Apollo Program a Bad Idea? | A SciShow Documentary – An extended SciShow video sponsored by Draper’s “We Hack the Moon” initiative, which describes

…how engineers guided us to the moon and back with a fraction of today’s technology. The Apollo program was famous for being risky and expensive. It had a crunched timeline, daring astronauts, and lacked modern tech, and that all kind of makes you wonder… was the Apollo program a bad idea?

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