A selection of recent space policy related items:

• Budget uncertainty weighs on NASA and space industry – Space Politics
• Even passing a CR is hard these days – Space Politics
• Stopgap Spending Bill Carves out Exception for U.S. Weather Satellites – SpaceNews.com
• “Astronaut Politics” Meme – Astrowright
• Guest column: Launch pad dispute: Exclusive-use lease better option than multi-use plan – Florida Today
• NASA officials talk challenges, and thrills, of capturing an asteroid – latimes.com

Update: Jeff Foust is attending the AIAA SPACE 2013 conference in San Diego this week and has been posting on Twitter his notes on the presentations. Here are some of his posts today regarding comments by Jeff Bingham, who was a space policy staffer for former Senator Kay Baily Hutchison (R-TX).

Jeff Foust (jeff_foust) on Twitter:

• “Jeff Bingham: at tipping point on NASA budget: with the House numbers in particular, NASA “can’t play these cards much longer”
• “Bingham: space policy can’t be set by White House alone, must be collaborative effort with Congress.”
• “Bingham: we don’t need to accept status quo, flatline funding. We have the money to fund the space program adequately if we want.”
• “Bingham shows the now-famous “rocket frog” image. The rocket is sequestration and other budget issues, he says; the frog, NASA.”
• “Bingham: don’t see NASA policy becoming partisan; debate is over money. LIttle partisan disagreement on policy issues.”
• “Bingham: details for SLS in the 2010 authorization bill not invented by Senate but from unnamed people in NASA and industry.”
• “Bingham: reason why didn’t specify exploration mission and destination in 2010 authorization bill can be summed in 3 letters: SEI”
• “Bingham: this White House has done a poor job rolling out policy initiatives; don’t value interaction with Congress”
• “Bingham: NASA putting together a good story on asteroid initiative, but not sure it’s enough to win over some in House.”