Update: Check out this impressive timeline of the Struggle for 21st Century U.S. Human Spaceflight-Capabilities created by John Kavanagh. It shows the

announcements, awards, cancelations, transformations, launches and landings as America stumbles to develop new capabilities for human spaceflight in the 21st century.

More space policy/politics related links:

• NASA gets White House backing for four-year space station extension – Orlando Sentinel
• In which JFK puts space scientists firmly in their place – SciGuy
• Europa New Frontiers Mission? (Or why I like the Europa Clipper concept even more now) -The Planetary Society
•  Spaceport Related Projects and the Spaceport Tax – Pat Hynes
• Europe To Consider Radically Streamlined Supplier Base for Next-generation Ariane 6 Launcher – SpaceNews.com
• Shelton Offers Glimpse of Future Vision for Space – SpaceNews.com
• Max Luke and Jenna Mukuno: Boldly Going Where No Greens Have Gone Before – WSJ.com – using private spaceflight tickets to whack green activists

Update 2:

• Obama Administration Extends International Space Station until at Least 2024 – The White House
• Report: White House approves plans for ISS extension – Space Politics
• Is NASA Dead? Not Even Close. – Universe Today