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):

• Schedule:
  • What’s Happening in Space Policy October 13-19, 2019 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• Commercial crew program:
  • NASA’s Bridenstine: SpaceX and Boeing could fly astronauts early 2020 – CNBC
  • NASA targeting early 2020 for first manned SpaceX mission | TheHill
• ISS:
  • NASA considering purchase of additional Soyuz seats – SpaceNews.com
• SLS
  • Update: After a “corrective action,” Boeing back at work on SLS rocket core stage | Ars Technica
  • NASA official hints first SLS launch could slip to mid-2021 – SpaceNews.com
• Artemis:
  • Update: Veteran astronauts endorse NASA’s program for a return to the Moon | Ars Technica
  • A Next Generation Spacesuit for the Artemis Generation of Astronauts – NASA
  • NASA Seeks Industry Input on Hardware Production for Lunar Spacesuit – NASA
• International space
  • China:
    • China begins preparations for crucial Long March 5 rocket launch – SpaceNews.com
  • India:
    • India’s 5G dream hit by turf war as ISRO cuts telcos’ power supply – The Financial Express
    • ‘Mangalyaan’: Mars orbiter completes 5 years in space, ISRO releases ‘fourth year’ data – DNAIndia.com
  • Russia:
    • Alexei Leonov: The Russian who could have been first to the Moon – BBC News
  •  UAE:
    • Hazzaa’s home as UAE-Russia ties soar into space | ZAWYA MENA
    • UAE’s Hazza Al Mansorri Receives Hero’s Welcome In Abu Dhabi After Historic Space Mission – SpaceWatch.Global
  • UK:
    • UK teams complete space weather mission study ahead of selection decision in November – GOV.UK
    • Competition to find business ideas that are out of this world – GOV.UK

Webcasts:

** Space Policy Edition: Happy Fiscal New Year! | The Planetary Society

October 1st kicked off federal fiscal year 2020—a day that should also have kicked off a new budget for NASA. But Congress has not funded the space agency yet, instead passing a temporary stopgap measure to keep the government open until November 21st. Brendan Curry, The Planetary Society’s Chief of D.C. Operations, joins the show to discuss the latest political developments in Washington, good news for planetary defense, and how the funding delay could spell trouble for the space agency’s 2024 lunar goal.

** NASA’s Commercial Crew Program VR 360 Tour: Preparing to Launch America

Get ready for an immersive, Virtual Reality tour of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program! NASA Communications Specialist Joshua Santora provides an overview of the Commercial Crew Program while relaying historical insights and reviewing CCP’s vehicles and commercial partnerships with Boeing and SpaceX. Visit nasa.gov/stem/ccp for more STEM educational resources featuring NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

** October 11, 2019 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

** How NASA sold the American public on space, going to the moon | WGN-TV

** The Space Show – Sun, 10/13/2019 – Open lines show with listeners discussing various space issues of the day with David Livingston.

** Episode T+136: Starship to GTO, SSO from Florida – Main Engine Cut Off – “A few bits of follow-up on Starship to GTO, the Bridenstine-Musk show at SpaceX HQ, and flying to polar orbits from Florida.”

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The Case for Space:
How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up
a Future of Limitless Possibility

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):

• Commercial launch:
  • Boeing, SpaceX press towards commercial crew test flights this year – SpaceNews.com
  • NASA and SpaceX agree commercial crew development is the “highest priority” – SpaceNews.com
  • Elon Musk and NASA chief get on same page, vow to complete Crew Dragon | Ars Technica
  • Boeing’s new space capsule nears major milestone – POLITICO
  • Boeing reveals target dates for initial Starliner test flights – Spaceflight Now
• Orbital commercialization:
  • Response to Charles Bolden’s Comments on October 7th, 2019 – Bigelow Aerospace – Oct.8.2019
• Artemis lunar program:
  • As NASA tries to land on the Moon, it has plenty of rockets to choose from – Ars Technica
• Satellite servicing:
  • Industry weighs government’s role in satellite servicing – SpaceNews.com
• Space debris:
  • Decommissioned Earth science satellite to remain in orbit for centuries – SpaceNews.com
• Space launch regulation:
  • Letter to the Editor: CSF’s position on launch and reentry licensing regulations mischaracterized – SpaceNews.com
  • FAA expects revised launch regulations to be completed next fall – SpaceNews.com
• Launch ranges:
  • 45th Space Wing commander: Changes underway to support commercial launch – SpaceNews.com
  • SpaceX to shift Falcon 9’s next West Coast launch to Florida, the first of its kind in decades – Teslarati
• US military space:
  • Air Force selects eight launch providers to compete for $986 million worth of orders – SpaceNews.com
  • Military turns to private sector for rapid space innovation – SpaceNews.com
  • On objections to space force naval rank – The Space Review
  • Space Development Agency lays out five-year plan in $11 billion proposed budget – SpaceNews.com
  • Time is ripe for entrepreneurs to partner with U.S. national security space groups, says Fred Kennedy – SpaceNews.com
• International space
  • Argentina:
    • Russia, Argentina sign agreement on space cooperation – TASS
  •  Canada:
    • A Conservative Government Would Likely Proceed with Canada’s Commitment to the Lunar Gateway – SpaceQ
  • Europe:
    • One on one ESA Director General Johann-Dietrich Wörner – NASASpaceFlight.com
    • Call for innovation to advance Europe’s lab in space – ESA
    • Europe eyes improved ‘space weather’ resilience – BBC News
  • Ethiopia:
    • Ethiopia to launch first-ever satellite in December with China’s help: president – Xinhua
  • India:
    • Space Activities Bill, meant to boost private role, will create confusion instead – ThePrint.in
    • Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma confident about Gaganyaan mission launch by 2022 – IndiaToday.in
  •  Russia:
    • Angara rocket for manned missions to be designed by year-end — source – TASS
    • Russia’s sample mission to Moon scheduled for 2026-2027 – TASS
    • Russia continues space cooperation with NASA despite political tension, says scientist – TASS
    • Ekipazh: Russia’s top-secret nuclear-powered satellite – The Space Review
  • UK:
    • Scottish Spaceport to Begin Construction Soon – Space.com

Webcasts:

** Please Explain podcast: Australia’s role in the great space race

** The Space Show – Tue, 10/08/2019 – Gary Oleson talked about his Space News Op-ed “The Apollo Program and the Chinese Treasure fleets” dated July 19, 2019.

** SSI 50: 07 A View From Kennedy Space Center – Dr. Justin Karl’s View From Kennedy Space Center.

** October 9, 2019 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

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Moon: An Illustrated History:
From Ancient Myths to the Colonies of Tomorrow)

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

1. Monday, Oct. 7, 2019; 7:00 pm PDT (9:00 pm CDT, 10:00 pm EDT): We welcome John Blincow of The Gateway Foundation to the show.

2. Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019: 7-8:30 pm PDT (9-10:30 pm CDT, 10-11:30 pm EDT): We welcome back Gary Oleson regarding his article,  Apollo and the Chinese Treasure Fleets.

3. Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019: Pre-recorded Hotel Mars Program with John Batchelor. See Upcoming Show on The Space Show website for details.

4. Friday, Oct. 11, 2019; 9:30-11:00 am PDT (11:30 am -1:00 pm CDT, 12:30-2:00 pm EDT): We welcome back Al Globus for news and updates regarding his LEO low radiation space station/habitat proposals.

5. Sunday, Oct. 13 , 2019; 12-1:30 pm PDT, (3-4:30 pm EDT, 2-3:30 pm CDT): OPEN LINES. Let Us know what is on your mind.

Some recent shows:

** Sun, 10/06/2019 – Christopher Stone “talked about China, Russia, creating a space force, policy, space concerns, Air Force organization, space weaponry, EMP dangers and more”.

** Fri, 10/04/2019 – Space lawyer Laura Montgomery talked about “Planetary Protection, commercial space, human spaceflight regulations, commercial space law, space property rights and much more”.

** Tue, 10/01/2019 – Michelle Hanlon talked about “For All Moonkind, preserving and protecting space and cultural artifacts, Apollo lunar sites, lunar site protection in general and more”.

** Sun, 09/29/2019 – Dr. David Livingston led a discussion with listeners about “the Musk Saturday evening press conference plus the article I called out on spreading Early molecules throughout space including Mars”.

** Fri, 09/27/2019 – Dallas Bienhoff of Cislunar Space Development Company talked about “Cislunar and lunar development, space settlement, O’Neill vision, free space habitats, needed technologies, challenges and timelines”.

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.

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):

• Schedule:
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SPACE POLICY October 6-12, 2019 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA Artemis:
  • Fast-Track to the Moon: NASA Opens Call for Artemis Lunar Landers – NASA
• Commercial Crew:
  • NASA Mulls Soyuz Needs As Commercial Crew Schedule Remains Fluid – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • NASA Expects to Buy More Soyuz Seats for Astronauts in 2020, at $85 Million a Pop: Reports – Space.com
• Spaceflight regulation:
  • Making the rules in space: When does careful become crushing? | TheHill
• Space debris:
  • EU space envoy calls for satellites to leave orbit soon after mission ends – SpaceNews.com
  • 60 years of space junk: The challenge of orbital debris – TheHill
  • Taking sustainability into space – EPFL
• US military space:
  • After “last remnants” of non-contested launches, Air Force seeks competition | Ars Technica
  • DARPA In Talks With New Robot Sat Servicing Company – Breaking Defense
• International space
  • With New Partnership, UN Aims to Make Space More Accessible to Developing Countries | Space.com
  • Australia:
    • Australia leans into space race for solar power with China – Sydney Morning Herald
  • Canada:
    • Canadian Government To Facilitate Space-Data Partnering Opportunity with the UK – SpaceQ
    • Key Space Resources Meeting to be Held In Ottawa – SpaceQ
  • Europe:
    • ESPI Brief 34 – Toward a more strategic, assertive and united Europe in Space – SpaceWatch.Global
    • EU Plan To Boost Space Industry Draws White House Ire – Breaking Defense
  • Japan:
    • US vows cooperation with Japan in space – Nikkei Asian Review
    • Russia, Japan discuss cooperation in space industry — deputy premier – TASS
  • Russia:
    • Funding for Russian space industry to be expanded – TASS
    • Roscosmos plans to make 10 Angara rockets annually from 2024 – Rogozin – Interfax
    • UK eases sanctions on Russia under Mars exploration project – TASS
    • First Emirati astronaut lands with Russian and US crewmates from space station | collectSPACE
    • Russia’s space corporation eyes talks on longer spaceflight of UAE astronauts – TASS
  • UAE:
    • Khalifa university awards its first-ever honorary doctorate to first Emirati astronaut – ZAWYA MENA Edition
  •  UK:
    • Britain’s National Space Council: Putting the ‘bloody Union Jack’ on top of spacepower? – SpaceWatch.Global
    • UK tries to get ahead in European space race – POLITICO
    • Sutherland spaceport plans cover ‘extensive’ site – BBC News
    • Councillors to scrutinise early Sutherland space port plans next week | Press and Journal

Webcasts:

** Mission Eve: Episode 0104: Deborah Tomek

Deborah Tomek’s journey to become the Acting Director of NASA STED was far from easy. While at times struggling with self-doubt and confidence, she reminds us what it means to listen to your inner voice and strive to become the mentor you wish you had when you were younger. She’s worked on wind-tunnel tests, led research on the Space Shuttle heat shield, and so much more—all leading to her current position at NASA STED, which develops the technology that, years from now, will forever change how we live and work in space.

** The Space Show – Fri, 10/04/2019 – Space lawyer Laura Montgomery talked about “Planetary Protection, commercial space, human spaceflight regulations, commercial space law, space property rights and much more”.

** The Space Show – Tue, 10/01/2019 – Michelle Hanlon talked about “For All Moonkind, preserving and protecting space and cultural artifacts, Apollo lunar sites, lunar site protection in general and more”.

** October 1, 2019 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

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Safe Is Not an Option