A selection of space policy/politics related links:

• Upcoming developments:
  • A full schedule of hearings next week – Space Politics
  • Legislative Checklist 113th Congress: Major Space-Related Legislation – SpacePolicyOnline (pdf)
• NASA’s suspension of contacts with Russia
  • NASA Policy to Suspend Contact with Russia ‘Unprecedented,’ But Maybe Symbolic, Expert Says -Space.com
  • Space Subcommittee Chairman Says US-Russia Relations Require Tough Decisions – U.S. House of Representatives
• Exploration/Deep Space missions:
  • Chairman Smith Responds to NASA Administrator Bolden about Mars Flyby Mission – Committee on Science – U.S. House of Representatives
  • Will the Air Force Have a Role in Deep Space? – citizens in space
• Misc:
  • NASA to SpaceX: the Space Race Privatized – Katrina Magno/The Student Blog
  • Rethinking space science, exploration to help solve global problems – ASU News
  • Aging technology, budget cuts hit hard at Eastern Range – James Dean/Florida Today
• Global space policy:
  • India inches closer to having its own GPS- DNA India

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A Progress cargo module is scheduled to fly to the ISS on Wednesday. I heard a rumor that it will only carry cargo for the Japanese and Russian modules.  Probably not true, but it will be interesting to see how and when Russia will retaliate for the Administration’s cutting of NASA ties with the Russia except for ISS related matters.

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Webcasts:

* Dwight Steven-Boniecki, Friday, 4-4-14 | Thespaceshow’s Blog – A discussion with Steven-Boniecki about his new book,  Live TV From The Moon,  which focuses on the transmission of television in NASA missions since the Apollo program.