A selection of recent space policy/politics related items:

• Lessons from Terrestrial Exploration for Earth Orbit – SpaceNews.com
• Legal Advice or Loopholes Needed for Manned Space Program – Wired Science
• Vitter blocks NASA nomination – The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA
  • Update: Vitter puts hold on Energy Dept. nominee, citing NASA issues – Space Politics
• Editorial | U.S. Shutdown Ends; Uncertainty Remains – SpaceNews.com
• Ransoming Our Future -SpaceNews.com
• The trouble with being virtual – The Space Review
• Commercial spaceflight weathers the shutdown – The Space Review
• Russian on Space: an interview with Anatoly Zak – The Space Review
• The public’s views on human spaceflight – The Space Review
• Lori Garver to Headline November Panel on Space Exploration: How and Why – spacepolicyonline.com
• New Pew Poll: NASA Second Only to CDC As Favorite Federal Agency – spacepolicyonline.com
• ‘Mars is part of India’s space vision’ – The Hindu
• Astronaut Agency Is Lost in Space, Opposition Says – Korea Real Time – WSJ
• Will China overtake Russia in the space race? – Russia Beyond The Headlines

Update:

• The Article VI Problem – Transterrestrial Musings
• Bolden: Capabilities-based Approach Is All NASA Can Afford – SpaceNews.com