[ Update 2:
- It’s time to return to the moon, former NASA division chief says – Fox News – First of a five part series by former JSC Engineering Directorate division chief Gene R. Grush who, I’m told, was “part of an internal NASA team in 2011 that developed a strategy to return to the Moon — using existing commercial launch vehicles — within a decade and within NASA’s existing budget. No need for any magical thinking on budgets. “
- Nelson argues for commercial crew, Brooks and Shelby seek more money for SLS – Space Politics
- Twitter / flatoday_jdean: “Sen. Bill Nelson: NASA briefing some in Congress on “plans and options” should U.S./Russian relations deteriorate; must fund commercial.”
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Today’s selection of space policy/politics related links:
- Space Policy Events March 17-21, 2014 – SpacePolicyOnline
- The key obstacle to space development:
- Space advocacy:
- Defense:
- NASA:
- Misc:
- Global space:
- The Space Review:
- Through a glass, darkly: Chinese, American, and Russian anti-satellite testing in space
- Regulatory effects of the International Code of Conduct on commercial space
- Aborted takeoff: Just as SOFIA prepares to enter routine observations, NASA seeks to end its funding
- India’s 2014–15 space budget: an assessment
Webcasts:
- Dr. Doug Plata, Sunday, 3-16-14 – Thespaceshow’s Blog – A discussion of the Cis-Lunar One Transportation Architecture developed by Dr. Plata. (Find background docs here.)
- Robert Walker, Friday, 3-14-14 | Thespaceshow’s Blog
Update: NASA planetary science funding discussion: LPSC 2014 on Livestream