A selection of recent space policy/politics related links:

• What’s Happening in Space Policy: May 12-18 2014
• Commercial crew:
  • Commercial Crew Needs Competition – SpaceNews.com by Paul Werbos, Dale Skran
•  SLS/Orion:
  • Is NASA masking billions in costs tied to some of its largest space programs? – Washington Business Journal
• Defense launch, Russian sanctions:
  • Rocket Wars: Will A Suit By SpaceX Get Off The Ground? – The Two-Way/NPR
  • U.S.-Australian Partnership Could Help Hypersonics Take Off – SpaceNews.com
  • Satellite operators to proceed with launches from Russia – Spaceflight Now
• FAA space transportation office budget:
  • Budget Shortfall Means Paperwork Logjam at FAA Commercial Space Office –  SpaceNews.com
• Satellite imagery:
  • Editorial | Intel Community Weighs In – SpaceNews.com
• Library: A Round-up of Reading – Res Communis
• The Space Review:
  • Replacing the RD-180
  • Red Planet dreams
  • Remembrances of conferences past
  • Building a bridge to space solar power for terrestrial use
  • Review: Milestones of Space
    • Milestones of Space: Eleven Iconic Objects from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
      by Michael J. Neufeld (ed.)

Update:

• Space Access Update #135 5/13/14
• GAO Slams NASA’s Cost Estimating for Orion, SLS – SpacePolicyOnline
• Rogozin Says No to Russian Rocket Engines for Military Launches, Not Sure About ISS to 2024 – SpacePolicyOnline
• Russia Makes Plans to Kill Space Station in 2020 Due to Sanctions – NBC News.com

Webcast:

• The Future of the U.S. Space Program | Brookings Institution
  • How Space Exploration Propels Scientific Discovery, Tourism, Mining, and the Economy -| Brookings Institution