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Space policy roundup – March.17.2020

A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government (US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest (find previous space policy roundups here):

Webcasts:

** NASA Mobile Launchers – NASA Inspector General

The Office of Inspector General examined NASA’s efforts to meet cost, schedule, and performance goals in developing two mobile launchers that will serve as the ground structure to assemble, transport, and launch the SLS/Orion rocket and capsule.

** Space Thoughts Episode 4: MEV 1 – Michael Listner of Space Law & Policy Solutions.

** Space Thoughts Episode 6 Kosmos 2452, Norms and Hostile Intent – Michael Listner of Space Law & Policy Solutions.

** March 13, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

** 28 – Don’t Sneeze in Their Mouths! | Off-Nominal

Jake and Anthony are joined by fellow space podcaster Brendan Bryne for a self-quarantine edition of the show. Jake developed a new bit for this grab bag episode with talk of Schrödinger’s Gateway, SpaceX’s DM-2, and a whole bunch more, including (obviously) COVID-19 and its impact on space. Also how Brendan’s cat almost ruined OSIRIS-REx.

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Chesley Bonestell documentary now on the International Space Station

The award-winning documentary Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future was recently transmitted to the ISS for viewing by the space station’s crew: “Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future”, is now onboard the International Space Station, available for viewing by the crew. – Space Hipsters/Facebook.

See the earlier posting here about the film and check out the trailer:

Chesley Bonestell was an architect and painter who worked on the Golden Gate Bridge and the Chrysler Building. He worked on famous movies like Citizen Kane as a matte artist, and his mesmerizing paintings of planets and star systems helped inspire America’s space program. Why is it that no one knows who he is today?

Producer Douglass Stewart, was  interviewed last year on The Space Show about Bonestell and the film:

During this one segment 72 minute program, not only did our guest take us through the life and art of Chesley Bonestell, but the same for documentary film making, distribution and film festival issues plus lots more.

Bonestell’s visions are still coming to life. Here is an illustration he created for an article by Werner von Braun and Cornelius Ryan in Colliers Magazine, April 30, 1954:

Illustration of a Mars expedition landing site by Chesley Bonestell for Colliers Magazine, April 30, 1954. Via Sept/Oct. 2013 issue of Horizons, the newsletter for the Houston chapter of the AIAA

And here is a full-scale 1st-gen prototype of the Starship, a fully reusable space transport currently in development by SpaceX:

The Starship Mk-1 prototype on display at the SpaceX Boca Chica, Texas facility in 2019. Credits: SpaceX

And a SpaceX illustrator’s vision of Starships at a Mars settlement:

Starships at a Mars settlement. Credits: SpaceX

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The Space Show this week – March.16.2020

The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, March 16, 2020; 7 pm PDT (9 pm CDT, 10 pm EDT): No special programming these two days this week.

2. Tuesday, March 17, 2020; 7 pm PDT (9 pm CDT, 10 pm EDT): We welcome back Jose Ocasio-Christian and Micah Walter-Range of Caelus for updates and COVID 19 and the space industry.

3. Wednesday, March 18, Hotel Mars TBA pre-recorded. See upcoming show menu on the home page for program details.

4. Thursday, March 19, 2020; 7-8:30 pm PDT (9-10:30 pm CDT, 10-11:30 pm EDT): No special show today.

5. Friday, March 20, 2020; 9:30-11 am PDT (11:30 am -1 PM CDT, 12:30-2 pm EDT): We welcome Dan Oltrogge, Director of the Center for Space Standards and Innovation.

6. Sunday, March 22, 2020; 12-1:30 pm PDT (3-4:30 pm EDT, 2-3:30 pm CDT): Welcome to OPEN LINES. We want to hear from you so call and let us know what is on your mind. Call and talk to another listener too.

Some recent shows:

** Sun, 03/15/2020 – Barry DiGregorio discussed “his book [Discovery on Vera Rubin Ridge: Trace Fossils on Mars?– Amazon commission link] and the possibility of trace fossils on Mars”.

** Wed, 03/11/2020 – Professor Madhu Thangavelu of USC talked “about his past and now current space design class focusing on returning to the Moon”.

** Hotel Mars/TheSpace Show – Wed, 03/11/2020 – John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston “discussed the impact of Covid-19 on upcoming space conferences and potential economic concerns for NewSpace”.

** See also:
* The Space Show Archives
* The Space Show Newsletter
* The Space Show Shop

The Space Show is a project of the One Giant Leap Foundation.

The Space Show - David Livingston
The Space Show – David Livingston

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Videos: “Space to Ground” ISS report – Mar.14.2020

Here is the latest episode in NASA’s Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station:

** Down to Earth – Tip Of The Iceberg

In this episode of “Down to Earth – Tip of the Iceberg,“ NASA astronaut Nick Hague shares how his time living and working in space changed his perception of life back on Earth. #SpaceStation20th

** Expedition 62 Inflight with Martin Van Buren High School – March 13, 2020

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 62 Flight Engineer Jessica Meir of NASA discussed life and research on the orbital outpost during an in-flight educational event March 13 with students at the Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village, New York. Meir is in the final month of a six-and-a-half-month mission on the station, planning for a return to Earth in mid-April. During her mission, the crew in space has supported hundreds of research investigations, and she conducted three spacewalks with astronaut Christina Koch, including the first all-woman spacewalk Oct. 18, 2019.

** Expedition 63 Video File – Soyuz Qualification Training – March 13, 2020

Expedition 63 Space Station Crew Undergoes Final Training Outside Moscow Expedition 63 Soyuz Commander Anatoly Ivanishin of Roscosmos, Flight Engineers Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos and Chris Cassidy of NASA and their backups, Sergei Ryzhikov and Andrei Babkin of Roscosmos and Steve Bowen of NASA, conducted final qualification training for their upcoming International Space Station mission at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia March 11 and 12. Ivanishin, Vagner and Cassidy are scheduled to launch on April 9 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station.

** NASA Live: Earth Views from the Space Station – The ESA HDEV (High Definition Earth Viewing) camera originally used for the ISS live view streaming stopped working in July 2019.

Currently, live views from the ISS are streaming from an external camera mounted on the ISS module called Node 2. Node 2 is located on the forward part of the ISS. The camera is looking forward at an angle so that the International Docking Adapter 2 (IDA2) is visible. If the Node 2 camera is not available due to operational considerations for a longer period of time, a continuous loop of recorded HDEV imagery will be displayed. The loop will have “Previously Recorded” on the image to distinguish it from the live stream from the Node 2 camera.

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Space policy roundup – March.13.2020

A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government (US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest (find previous space policy roundups here):

Webcasts:

** NASA’s Management of Space Launch System Program Costs and Contracts – NASA OIG

The Office of Inspector General examined NASA’s management of the major Space Launch System contracts – core stage, upper stage, RS-25 engines, solid rocket boosters – to assess whether the programs are meeting cost, schedule, and performance goals.

** New Space, Smallsats and Regulatory Implications – Constellations, a New Space and Satellite Innovation Podcast

More than 8,500 satellites are projected to be launched between 2019 and 2028 according to Euroconsult. With such so much growth on the horizon, regulatory efforts could become challenged to keep pace with these technological developments.

Listen to Alexandre Vallet the Chief of the Space Services Department in the Radiocommunication Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as he shares insights into the role of regulations and the ITU in this new environment. Find out how the spectrum can be protected, interference can be avoided and how a level playing field for new and incumbent players can be ensured in this evolving new space world.

** Michael Maloney – Satellite Design For Recovery – Cold Star Project S02E23

Michael Maloney, founder of the advocacy organization Satellite Design for Recovery, is on the Cold Star Project with host Jason Kanigan to talk about the need for including a critical but not-yet-required component to the design of all objects launched into Earth orbit. Satellites and other orbital objects should have mandated design requirements for rendezvous, capture and disposal. The cost of not doing so will be chaos in orbit. Mike is here to tell us about these consequences. Satellite Design for Recovery website: https://satdfr.org/

** The Space Show – Wed, 03/11/2020 – Professor Madhu Thangavelu of USC talked “about his past and now current space design class focusing on returning to the Moon”.

**  Hotel Mars/TheSpace Show – Wed, 03/11/2020 – John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston “discussed the impact of Covid-19 on upcoming space conferences and potential economic concerns for NewSpace”.

** Ep. 63: War in space – Defense One

The United States Space Force is now officially a thing, complete with a commander and plans to put about 16,000 members of the military to work defending U.S. interests in space. But what exactly does it mean for the U.S. military to “deter aggression” in space? How could a war in space happen? And what are American interests in space, anyway? This episode, we’re going to answer those questions as best we can with the help of four experts on space weapons and policy and strategy.

Guests include Jeffrey Lewis, professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Calif.; Jonathan McDowell, astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass.; Bleddyn Bowen, lecturer in International Relations at the University of Leicester, in the UK, and author of the forthcoming book, “War in Space“; and Brian Weeden, director of Program Planning at the Secure World Foundation.

** Day of Action 2020 – Planetary Society

115 members traveled to Washington D.C. from 28 states for one massively successful day of action to #FundSpace. Will you join us next year? Get involved at planetary.org/advocacy

** March 10, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

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