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:

• Schedule:
  • What’s Happening in Space Policy August 4-17, 2019 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • 6th meeting of the National Space Council on Aug 20 @ Udvar-Hazy Center in VA – Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) Twitter – August 9, 2019
• ISS:
  • NASA planning to keep BEAM module on ISS for the long haul – SpaceNews.com
• SLS/Orion
  • In-space refueling vs heavy lift? NASA and SpaceX choose both | TheHill
• US states space:
  • Volusia wants to be in middle of new growth in Florida’s space industry – Daytona Beach News-Journal Online
  • Virgin Galactic relocates first flight vehicle to Spaceport America | KRQE News 13
• US military space:
  • Blue Origin files protest over ‘flawed’ Air Force launch procurement – SpaceNews.com
  • Congress on verge of creating Space Force after years of delays – NPR
  • Blue Shuttle – How the Air Force influenced the STS design process – The High Frontier
• International Space:
  • Canada:
    • Canadian defence department seeks scientists to tackle orbiting space junk | CTV News
  • India:
    • An Indian Space Odyssey: Security and Economy | Global Risk Insights
  • Japan:
    • US, Japan To Ink Hosted Payload Pact to Monitor Sats – Breaking Defense
  • UK:
    • Opposition to Scottish island spaceport – The Ecologist

Webcasts:

** Constellations, a New Space and Satellite Innovation Podcast: 56 – Interplanetary Internet, “Cloudlets” and the “Inner Cloud”

With us today is Vint Cerf, considered to be one of the founding fathers of the internet, today he is Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist. Vint is still promoting the internet…only this time it’s an interplanetary internet. On Constellations, he discusses the potential impact an interplanetary internet capable of communicating with space stations and satellites, and open the internet to the millions of currently underserved users, would have on privacy, security and the need for an entirely new set of regulations. Vint also discusses cloud computing, specifically the emergence of multiple clouds and the ability to move the data easily from one to another. Listen to this podcast to learn about the inner cloud and cloudlets.

** The Space Show – Fri, 08/09/2019 – Trisha Navidzadeh discussed “marketing and branding for space purposes. We also looked at investor considerations for commercial space activities and NewSpace companies”.

** Introductory Webinar: Earth Observations for Disaster Risk Assessment & Resilience | ARSET – Four episodes for August 6, 2019. August 8, 2019. August 13, 2019. August 15, 2019. Here are the first and second parts:

https://youtu.be/Sv37pGXEdBA

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

1. Monday, August 12, 2019; 7-8:30 pm PDT (9-10:30 pm CDT, 10-11:30 pm EDT): No show on Monday which is now reserved for special programming.

2. Tuesday, August 13, 2019; 7-8:30 pm PDT (9-10:30 pm CDT, 10-11:30 pm EDT): We welcome back Thomas A. Olson for a discussion of commercial space business plans and financial analyses.

3. Wednesday, August 14, 2019: Hotel Mars. Dr. Jeff Foust will provide a SLS (Space Launch System) analysis and more. (The Hotel Mars shows are archived on The Space Show site after John posts it on his website.)

4. Thursday, August 15, 2019; 7:00 PM PDT (9:00 pm CDT, 10:00 pm EDT): We welcome back Dennis Wingo on moving forward with commercial space, lunar return, Mars, and more.

5. Friday, August 16, 2019; 9:30-11:00 AM PDT (11:30 pm – 1:00 pm CDT, 12:30-2:00 pm EDT): We welcome Garrett Erin Reisman, retired astronaut and former Director of Space Operations at SpaceX.

6. Sunday, August 18, 2019; 12:00-1:30 PM PDT (3:00-4:30 PM EDT, 2:00-3:30 PM CDT): Welcome back to Open Lines. We talk about the topics you want to talk about. All space, science, STEM, STEAM calls welcome as are all callers.

Some recent shows:

** Sun, 08/11/2019 – Dr. Craig Hardgrove, Principle Investigator “for the LunaH-Map CubeSat mission that will orbit the Moon to map hydrogen-rich deposits in permanently shadowed regions”, talked about “thermal infrared & nuclear remote sensing of the Moon and Mars”.

** Fri, 08/09/2019 – Trisha Navidzadeh discussed “Commercial and NewSpace branding, commercial space investor community, target companies for space promotion, space media promotion, investing and more”.

** Thu, 08/08/2019 – Ed Wright gave an update on the update for the upcoming Space Studies Institute Seattle conference in early September.

** Tue, 08/06/2019 – Mike Mongo talked about ” The Johnny Appleseed Space Project, Johnny Appleseed history, commercial space, lunar property rights, STEAM, SEDS and lots more”.

** Sun, 08/04/2019 – Dr. Joel Sercel talked about the company “Momentus, its technology, the use of space resources, water as a propellant and much more”.

** Fri, 08/02/2019 – Gordon Dillow talked about his asteroid book Fire in the Sky: Cosmic Collisions, Killer Asteroids, and the Race to Defend Earth and “asteroid impacts, asteroid defense, NASA, FEMA, asteroid pop culture, asteroid mining and much 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

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