A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government related space news and resource items that I found of interest:

• Space politics
  • Key Congressional Races to Watch on Tuesday – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Former NASA chief visits Space Coast, stumps for Sen. Bill Nelson
  • Field widens to chair House science panel – POLITICO
• Lunar missions:
  • Mars maverick lays out a low-cost plan to set up lunar bases – GeekWire
  • Moon Direct – Robert Zubrin/The New Atlantis
  • No to a cheap lunar Gateway – The Space Review
• Commercial crew:
  • SpaceX Rehearses Helicopter Landing at Sea – Commercial Crew Program/NASA
• Space technology:
  • NASA Awards Grant for New Life Detection Project | NASA
  • NASA working on nuclear fission system that could help us reach Mars – CNBC
• Space regulation
  • Turning space policy into space regulation – The Space Review
• US military space:
  • Air Force expanding space training for more depth – Federal News Network
  • Space Commander Pushes Wing To 48 Launches Per Year – Space – 90.7 WMFE
  • ABA Panel Explores Space Force, Bringing Expectations Down to Earth | National Law Journal
• Chinese space:
  • Racing China to the high frontier – The Space Review
  • China unveils new ‘Heavenly Palace’ space station as ISS days numbered – France 24
  • See you tomorrow! The heavy equipment of the space station core cabin, the No. 4 and other countries will be unveiled at the 12th Zhuhai Air Show – China Academy of Space Technology (Google Translate)
  • China’s World’s Largest Radio Telescope Faces Difficulty Recruiting Researchers – Sputnik International
• Luxembourg space:
  • Luxembourg to Host NewSpace Europe 2018 Conference Aimed at Identifying Opportunities in the Global Space Economy – Luxembourg Space Agency
• Russian space:
  • Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with Glonass-M satellite launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome – TASS
  • Soyuz 2-1b launches Uragan-M GLONASS satellite – NASASpaceFlight.com
• UAE space:
  • UAE targets mission to Mars following KhalifaSat success – The National

Webcasts:

** 49 – Moon to Mars (featuring Laura Forczyk) – WeMartians Podcast – “NASA continues to advance it’s Moon-first strategy, and commercial companies are starting to hop on board. Along with international interest, it all forms the backbone of NASA’s Moon to Mars strategy. Space consultant and founder of Astralytical Laura Forczyk returns to the show to talk with Jake about what this all means for Mars.”

** Episode 182: Astronomia Nova — The Orbital Mechanics Podcast – “Gaining confidence in Soyuz and beginning to say goodbye to Kepler.”

** November 1, 2018 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

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

1. Monday, Nov. 5, 2018; 2-3:30 pm PDT (4-5:30 pm CDT, 5-6:30 pm EDT): We welcome Douglas Loverro, special consultant re the Space Force idea.

2. Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018: 7-8:30 pm PDT; 9-10:30 pm CDT; 10-11:30 pm EDT: We welcome Joe Pappalardo, the Popular Mechanics Space and Science Editor, to the show.

3. Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018: Hotel Mars. See Upcoming Show Menu and the website newsletter for details. Hotel Mars is pre-recorded by John Batchelor. It is archived on The Space Show site after John posts it on his website.

4. Friday, Nov. 9, 2018; 9:30 AM-11 am PDT, (12:30 -2 pm EDT; 11:30 am -1 pm CDT. We welcome back Dr. Michael Wall, Space.com journalist and author of the new book Out There: A Scientific Guide to Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel (For the Cosmically Curious).

5. The Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018 program from 12-1:30 pm PDT, (3-4:30 pm EDT, 2-3:30 pm CDT): We welcome back Dr. Dennis Bushnell, NASA, to discuss deep commercial space and more.

See also:
* The Space Show on Vimeo – webinar videos
* The Space Show’s Blog – summaries of interviews.
* The Space Show Classroom Blog – tutorial programs

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

A recent episodes of The Space Show:

** Fri, 11/02/2018 – Dr. Marc Rayman talked about “the conclusion of the Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres with updates for both celestial bodies”.

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

1. Monday, Oct. 29, 2018; 2-3:30 pm PDT (4-5:30 pm CDT, 5-6:30 pm EDT): We welcome Dr. Kirsten Siebach from Rice University to discuss her Mars work.

2. Tuesday, Oct.30, 2018: 7-8:30 pm PDT; 9-10:30 pm CDT; 10-11:30 pm EDT: We welcome Dean Cheng on the idea of a U.S. Space Force.

3. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018: Hotel Mars. See Upcoming Show Menu and the website newsletter for details. Hotel Mars is pre-recorded by John Batchelor. It is archived on The Space Show site after John posts it on his website.

4. Friday, Nov. 2, 2018; 9:30 AM-11 pm PDT, (12:30 -2 pm EDT; 11:30 am -1 pm CDT. We welcome back Dr. Marc Rayman on the closing of the Dawn Mission and Ceres updates.

5. The Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018 program from 12-1:30 pm PDT, (3-4:30 pm EDT, 2-3:30 pm CDT): We welcome space artist Doug Forrest. See his Apollo Arts gallery.

See also:
* The Space Show on Vimeo – webinar videos
* The Space Show’s Blog – summaries of interviews.
* The Space Show Classroom Blog – tutorial programs

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

Sampling of recent programs:

• Fri, 10/26/2018 – Dr. Thomas Matula discussed “commercial space trends, spaceports throughout the US and the need for commercial space business parks”.

• Tue, 10/23/2018 – 19:00 –William Ketchum talked about his “book, “To The Moon On A Slide Rule,” early ICBM and rocket history, early space program, Surveyor missions, lunar surface, nuclear propulsion, NASA, SLS, Gateway and much more”.