Space policy roundup – April 30, 2013

An extended look at the President’s proposed NASA budget: Further Analysis of NASA’s 2014 Budget Proposal – The Planetary Society.

The AAS doesn’t like the planetary science funding in the budget:

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Jeff Foust reports on the recent Planetary Defense Conference 2013 in Flagstaff, Arizona and the discussions and studies presented their regarding possible what to do if a large object was found heading towards earth: Planetary defense: deflection and disruption – The Space Review

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Res Communis posts the latest collection of space and aviation law, regulation and policy links: Library: A Round-up of Reading

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There will be a conference at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies in Belgium on 12-13 September 2013 that will deal with “legal and policy aspects of the commercial use of space and space tourism”: Call for Papers: Commercial Use of Space & Space Tourism – Legal and Policy Aspects -Res Communis.