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:
  • What’s Happening in Space Policy September 22-28, 2019 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• Politics:
  • Sanders NASA plan is definitely Earth first | TheHill
• [NASA programs]:
  • Update:  “The slaughter of the innocents” redux – The Space Review
  • Update: America’s incoherent Moon strategy is weakening its space leadership – The Space Review
  • Over $30 Billion and 33 Years to Turn Space Shuttle Components into a Super Heavy Lift Rocket – NextBigFuture.com
• Orbital traffic:
  • Update:  Keeping satellites from going bump in the night – The Space Review
  • Clusters, not constellations, pose biggest orbital debris risk – SpaceNews.com
  • Incentives and requirements may be needed to enhance space sustainability – SpaceNews.com
  • Data sharing seen as critical to future of space situational awareness – SpaceNews.com
• Planetary defense:
  • It looks like NASA is getting serious about finding hazardous asteroids | Ars Technica
• US military space:
  • Air Force certified Falcon Heavy for national security launch but more work needed to meet required orbits – SpaceNews.com
  • AF Education & Training Shifts To ‘Space Warfighting Ethos’: Gen. Webb – Breaking Defense
• International space:
  • Australia:
    • Australian Government Commits to Join NASA in Lunar Exploration | NASA
    • Scott Morrison to unveil $150m support for Trump’s mission to Mars – The Guardian
    • Trump, Australia’s Morrison Talk Moon/Mars Cooperation – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • China:
    • Thoughts on the “Hype” about China’s NewSpace Launcher Startups – (Part 1/2) – The China Aerospace Blog
    • Thoughts on the “Hype” about China’s NewSpace Launcher Startups – (Part 2/2) – The China Aerospace Blog
  •  India:
    • Manned space mission next priority: Isro chief K Sivan | india news | Hindustan Times
    • ISRO is developing a methane-powered rocket engine – The Hindu BusinessLine
  • Japan:
    • Japanese cargo spacecraft launch rescheduled after pad fire – SpaceNews.com
  • Russia:
    • Russia and China Are Teaming Up to Explore the Moon | Space.com
    • Russia Says It Will Keep Source of Hole (and Air Leak) on Soyuz Secret— But NASA Wants to Know: Report | Space.com

Webcasts:

** The Space Show – Sun, 09/22/2019 – Space attorney Wayne White  discussed property rights and other commercial space legal issues.

** The Space Show – Fri, 09/20/2019 – Dr. David Warmflash  talked ab out his new book, Moon: An Illustrated History: From Ancient Myths to the Colonies of Tomorrow , and about “Apollo’s Biomedical Lessons, human lunar spaceflight and more”.

** September 20, 2019 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

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