NASA managers still waiting for their budget numbers for this year and next: Uncertainty remains the one certainty for NASA’s budgets – Space Politics.
Category Archives: Space Policy
House hearing on “Threats from Space”
There will be a hearing tomorrow (Mar 6, 2013 2:00pm) in the US House of Representatives on the threat from asteroid impacts:
- House Science Committee to hear about “threats from space” « Space Politics
- Full Committee Hearing – Threats from Space: A Review of U.S. Government Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids and Meteors, Part 1 | Committee on Science – U.S. House of Representatives – includes webcast
Space law: Wayne White interview + Space law roundup + Univ. Miss. space law video
On the Sunday Space Show space law expert Wayne White talked about space real property rights, salvage law and mining law issues: Wayne White, Sunday, 3-3-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog.
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Res Communis post the latest collection of space and aviation law, regulation and policy links: Library: A Round-up of Reading.
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Here is a promotional video for the University of Mississippi Air and Space Law program: Mississippi LL.M. in Air and Space Law Video | Res Communis
Update: Yet more space law. Ryan Saltz hosts the blog SpaceLawLibrarian, “A guide for researching and learning about space law”.
In this latest posting, for example, he introduces “the primary source of space law in the United States. The laws of the United States regarding outer space are codified in Title 51 of the United States Code”: U.S. Space Law – SpaceLawLibrarian.
Space policy: Sequestration hits NASA + Mark Sundahl and commercial space law
The sequestration cuts to the US federal budget went into effect yesterday. Here are two reports of their impact on NASA:
- As sequestration goes into effect, revisiting its effects on NASA – Space Politics
- Sequester Starts, NASA to Lose $896 Million – spacepolicyonline.com
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Mark Sundahl discussed on the space show yesterday commercial space law issues, ITAR, liability waivers, informed consent, etc: Mark Sundahl, Friday, 3-1-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog
Apollo as an inspiration, not a model, for space development
Amy Shira Teitel writes about space history and in this essay she says, “Instead of wondering how NASA lost its edge, we ought to lay a foundation for a systematic exploration of space.” : We should drop the Apollo model in space, but keep the inspiration – Al Jazeera English.