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 (find previous space policy roundups here):
- Schedule:
- NASA lunar programs:
- US space leadership:
- SLS:
- Legal space:
- Planetary Protection Rules Hamper Space Exploration – Robert Zubrin/National Review
- Why SpaceX increased its rocket-launch liability insurance in Texas – Business Insider
- Claims court punts SpaceX’s LSA bid protest to California court – SpaceNews.com
- SpaceX, OneWeb, Or Kepler Communications: Who Really Launched The First Ku Band Satellite? – IEEE Spectrum
- Space Law: the final legal frontier – The Washington Post
- Era of space pirates – Delaware Gazette
- US states space:
- US military space:
- Space Command
- U.S. Space Command Reestablished After 17-Year Hiatus – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Trump Launches US Space Command to Control the ‘Next Warfighting Domain’ | Space.com
- Trump administration resurrects US Space Command but Space Force still undecided – The Verge
- President Trump Is Reviving U.S. Space Command. Here’s What That Is : NPR
- US Space Command: A vision for the final frontier | TheHill
- Reconnaissance:
- Cislunar:
- Space Command
- International Space
- China:
- India:
- Russia:
- Thailand:
- UK:
Webcasts:
** What a Tweet Tells Us About US Spy Satellites – Scott Manley:
** The Space Show – Fri, 08/30/2019 – Ted Southern of Final Frontier Design talked about “spacesuits in detail for all types of missions. Spacesuit engineering, costs, technology, mass, life support, and challenges”.
** What Will You Send to the Moon? | The Planetary Society
Astrobotic is one of several companies that are building small, robotic landers to take commercial payloads to the surface of the Moon. With a new contract from NASA to support his company’s work, CEO John Thornton looks forward to touching down in 2021. Senior editor Emily Lakdawalla can’t wait for the Europa Clipper to reach Europa, one of Jupiter’s ocean moons. Who doesn’t want more cow bell? Chief scientist Bruce Betts gets his share as he helps us explore the current night sky in What’s Up.
** Episode T+131: Andrew Rush, CEO of Made in Space – Main Engine Cut Off
Andrew Rush, CEO of Made in Space, joins me to talk about their big new NASA contract for Archinaut One and the history, present, and future of in-space manufacturing.
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