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

1. Monday, Nov. 19, 2018; 2-3:30 pm PST (4-5:30 pm CST, 5-6:30 pm EST): No show today for medical recovery.

2. Tuesday, Nov. 20 2018: 7-8:30 pm PST; 9-10:30 pm CST; 10-11:30 pm EST: No show today for medical recovery.

3. Wednesday, Nov. 21 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.23, 2018; 9:30 am -11 am PST, (12:30 -2 pm EST; 11:30 am -1 pm CDT. No show today as part of U.S. Thanksgiving Holiday.

5. The Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 program from 12-1:30 pm PST, (3-4:30 pm EST, 2-3:30 pm CDT): Sarah Cruddas returns for the first half hour to discuss Space for Humanity followed by a special Open Lines program.

A couple of recent programs:

** Mon, 11/12/2018 – Space historian Dr. Roger Launius talked about his new Smithsonian History book, Space Exploration From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future.

** Sun, 11/11/2018 – Dennis Bushnell, , Chief Scientist for NASA Langley Research Center, talked about “potential commercial deep space development and business opportunities”.

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

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

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Budgets:
Broadband constellations:
- Elon Musk’s SpaceX wins FCC approval to put 7,000 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit – The Washington Post
- Caleb Henry on Twitter: “The FCC has approved LEO constellation applications from SpaceX (7,518 satellites), Telesat (117 satellites), LeoSat (78 satellites) and Kepler Communications (140 satellites). The constellation race continues.”
- Will megaconstellations cause a dangerous spike in orbital debris? – SpaceNews.com
- Op-ed | The revolution that is commercial space is just beginning – SpaceNews.com
US military space:
- Political odds stacked against Space Force. Proponents brace for long fight – SpaceNews.com – The Space Show interview with Douglas Loverro mentioned in the article is available below.
- Griffin: Future of new DoD space agency ‘still up in the air’ – SpaceNews.com
- Air Force vice chief says space procurement is on the right path – SpaceNews.com
- Military satellite communications: Buyers can’t make up their minds – SpaceNews.com
Canadian space:
Chinese space:
Indian space:
Japanese space:
- Quietly, Japan has established itself as a power in the aerospace industry | Ars Technica
Russian space:

Webcasts:

** China to launch nine more Fengyun weather satellites by 2025 – CGTN

** The Space Show – Mon, 11/05/2018 – Douglas Loverro talked “about the need for a U.S. space force and why”. This interview is discussed in the SpaceNews.com article mentioned above.