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 November 29-December 5, 2020 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Reducing Space Threats: A Resolution – Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 3:00 PM – Online event sponsored by the Space Court Foundation
• Biden space:
  • Biden Administration Space Policy Promising but Flawed | National Review
  • Opinion | To lead in space, America must lead in space collaboration – POLITICO
• NASA programs:
  • For Scientists, NASA Missions Are Like Generation Ships – Air & Space Magazine
• Congressional space:
  • Enter the “Pace Race” – China Moon Launch: Risk the Chinese Communist Party Poses to American International Leadership – Lucas Warns of Risk Posed by Chinese Launch to the Moon – LeonardDavid.com
• Space benefits:
  • Noah’s Spaceship – Scientific American
• Commercial space:
  • CSF Names New President: Karina Drees, former CEO & GM of Mojave Air & Space, to Join CSF – Commercial Spaceflight Federation
  • Space is outgrowing its billionaires – Axios
• Regulation:
  • FAA posts new SpaceX environmental records for Starship site in Texas – Business Insider
  • SpaceX Texas Launch Site Environmental Impact Statement – FAA – Includes links to several docs dealing with the SpaceX Boca Chica Beach facility.
  • FCC Further Streamlines Satellite Rules for Space and Earth Stations | Federal Communications Commission – FCC
  • Human Spaceflight Safety: Regulatory Issues and Mitigating Concepts, Josef Koller and George Nield – Space Agenda 2021 (pdf)
• Space law:
  • Space Café WebTalk Recap: Prof. Steven Freeland on The Multifaceted Nature of Space and the Role / Rule of Law – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Moon Mining: Conflicts Flagged – LeonardDavid.com
  • Opinion | To boldly go … responsibly – POLITICO
• Space traffic:
  • ESA and ClearSpace SA sign contract for world’s first debris removal mission – ESA
  • Europe signs $102M deal to bring space trash home – ABC News
  • India’s Cartosat-2F, Russia’s Kanopus-V satellites barely miss collision | Business Standard News
  • Launchspace Technologies proposes debris mitigation and collection constellations – SpaceNews
• Spectrum:
  • FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to leave agency in January – SpaceNews
• US states space:
  • Audit details lack of oversight at New Mexico’s Spaceport America – KVIA
• US Defense space:
  • Launch:
    • The space weather experts who give the go-ahead on when to launch and avoid disaster – Washington Examiner
  • In call with troops, Trump basks in Space Force achievement – SpaceNews
  • SES to provide satellite connectivity for U.S. military ‘internet of things’ – SpaceNews
  • Lucas Warns of Risk Posed by Chinese Launch to the Moon – House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
  • Chief of Space Operations Discusses Need for Outreach to Partners, State of Space Force – Defense Department News
  • Air Force Academy Looks to Become a Place for Space – Air Force Magazine
  • To boost its military space business, Lockheed Martin turns to commercial players – SpaceNews
  • Leveraging Commercial Developments for National Security Space Acquisition, Jamie Morin and Robert Wilson -Space Agenda 2021 (pdf)
  • Strategic Foresight: Addressing Uncertainty in Long-Term Strategic Planning, Kara Cunzeman and Robin Dickey -Space Agenda 2021(pdf)

International space

• Australia:
  • South Australian space strategy reveals plans for food production in space – Xinhua
  • Gilmour Space and Northrop Grumman sign MoU to Grow Sovereign Capabilities in Australia – Gilmour Space
• Bhutan-1:
  • Bhutan-1 is just a beginning – Kuensel Online
• Canada:
  • Canada developing lunar rover and science payloads – SpaceNews
  • Telesat and Loral to form Canadian public company – SpaceNews
• China:
  • China’s Chang’e-5: Ready for Moon Landing – Leonard David
  • China’s Chang’e-5 probe prepares to land on moon – Xinhua
  • China’s daring mission to grab Moon rocks is under way –  Nature
  • China launches world’s first lunar sample return mission since 1976 – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • Commentary: China ready to share fruits of lunar exploration – Xinhua
  • China Plans Moon Research Station – Leonard David
  • #SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Launching Into the New Decade – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Future [lunar mission] probes already mapped out by administration – ecns.cn
  • The U.S.-China split in space – Axios
  • BeiDou navigation base in south China targets services in ASEAN – Xinhua
  • China plans to launch new space science satellites – Xinhua
  • Mighty Long March 9 carrier rocket set to debut in 2030 – China Daily
  • China pushes ahead with super-heavy-lift Long March 9 – SpaceNews
• Europe
  • Vega: full support for the return to flight activities from Italian and French institutions | Avio
  • GMV Wins Pole Position in Development and Implementation of the Galileo Second Generation Ground Segment- GMV
  • How can space improve urban planning? – ESA
  • ArianeWorks on European reusable rocket prototype Themis – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Europe signs $102M deal to bring space trash home – ABC News
• Germany:
  • Germany to become the first foreign military buyer of U.S. jam-resistant GPS receivers – SpaceNews
• India:
  • The Chinese space programme marches ahead: Implications for India | ORF
  • Two Malayalees likely to lead Indian space – Kerala Kaumudi Online
  • Isro’s Cartosat-2F comes ‘dangerously close’ to Russian satellite in space, collision averted – India Today
• Israel:
  • Israel ventures into space, for the second time – Al-Monitor.com
• Italy:
  • Vega: full support for the return to flight activities from Italian and French institutions | Avio
• Japan:
  • Japan’s new H3 launcher delayed by rocket engine component issues – SpaceNews
•  Russia:
  • Angara heavy rocket to be launched in December – Russian space chief – TASS
  • Roscosmos Chief Confirms Detection of Faulty Detail in Russia’s Soyuz Rocket in Kourou – Sputnik International
  • Proposed New Russian Space Station Will Be Able to Monitor the Entire World – Sputnik International
  • Russia should look again at terms of ISS participation – space industry official | Reuters
  • Russia may commence deployment of its orbital station after 2024 – TASS
  • Russian space agency set to begin discussing ISS lifespan with NASA in early 2021 – TASS
  • Russia’s Energia Corporation Suggests Building National Space Station – Sputnik International
  • Russian latest telecoms system to quadruple orbital outpost’s radio visibility – TASS
• Spain:
  • Spanish Science Minister Calls for Better Regulation of Private Space Activities – Sputnik International
• UAE
  • Hope, the UAE’s first interplanetary mission, has its eye on bonus science on way to Mars | Space.com
  • Emirates Mars Mission launches seventh edition of programme for undergraduates – SatellitePro ME
• UK:
  • UK and Scotland to fund Ayrshire space center and launch site – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Billionaire landowner invests in Shetland space port – BBC News
  • UK-built rover landing on Martian surface moves one giant fall closer – GOV.UK
  • AstroAgency and Scottish Space Leadership Council Secure Space Agency Funding – AstroAgency

Webcasts:

** Space Café Podcast Episode 016 Featuring Pamela Melroy … – SpaceWatch.Global

It is not easy to summarize Pamela Melroy in a few lines. No matter what she gets in touch with, she is most likely one of the best at it. One of the highlights was certainly one of the most daring outdoor missions that any human being has ever done on the International Space Station ISS. Now she looks back on one of the most exciting careers ever and has exciting messages for the future of space travel.

**Dongfang China Aerospace News Roundup – 23 Nov – 29 Nov 2020 – SpaceWatch.Global

1) Chang’e-5 Lunar Return Mission …
2) China Satcom replacing older broadcast satellites …
3) The Trump Administration could blacklist 89 companies with “military ties” …
4) CASIC Methalox Engine …
5) World 5G Convention in Guangzhou …

** Dongfang China Aerospace News Roundup – 16 Nov – 22 Nov 2020 – SpaceWatch.Global

ChinaSat-16 5G Test…
Launch of Tiantong-1 02 …
Galaxy Space Funding Round …
Appearance of Shandong Space …
Our “Only in China” News of the Week: …

** Eric Felt – What’s New At The AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate? – Cold Star Technologies

Col. Eric Felt is the Director at Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate. He is also one of 49 Air Force Research Lab, Phillips Research Site officers selected to join the United States Space Force. With host Jason Kanigan on the Cold Star Project, Col. Felt discusses: – Regarding the State of the Space Industry 2020 Report that you were one of the four main signatories of, what were your biggest takeaways from both the process of developing this report and the concluding product? How would you recommend space industry folks (civilians included) make use of it? – What is the focus of the Space Vehicles Directorate; what do you believe are the necessary elements to a plan for keeping American capabilities and effectiveness ahead of our geopolitical opponents?

** Official launch of the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC) –Luxembourg Space Agency

Watch our video «Driving the future of Space Exploration» to see what is planned and how space resources will be used to make space exploration missions possible and viable.

** The Space Show – Sunday, Nov.29, 2020 – Open lines program with Dr. David Livingston leading a discussion with callers on a wide range of space topics.

** The Space Show – Tuesday, Nov.24.2020 – Douglas Messier discussed “space in 2020 plus a look ahead for space 2021. All the key events and not so key events were examined.”

** November 20, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind the Black

** November 25, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast

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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 November 22-28, 2020 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• Biden space:
  • Horn eyes space role in Biden administration – SpaceNews
  • Anti-war groups take aim at Space Force, ICBMs, missile defense – SpaceNews
  • Biden likely to stay course on Space Force and defense investments – SpaceNews
• NASA programs:
  • From development to operations, at long last – The Space Review
  • James Webb on track for October 2021 launch; final testing underway – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts Begin ISS National Lab Science – ISS National Lab
• NASA Management:
  • Justice Department probing NASA call to Boeing over lost lunar lander bid – The Washington Post
  • What NASA missions can teach us about teamwork – Nature
  • NASA Receives 10th Consecutive Clean Financial Audit Opinion | NASA
    • NASA FY20 Agency Financial Report (AFR) – NASA (pdf)
• Lunar programs:
  • Memorial spaceflight: Cremated remains flying to the moon on private lander in 2021 | Space.com
• Congressional space:
  • Space traffic management bill clears Senate committee – SpaceNews
  • Senate Committee Approves SPACE Act, But Without a Bureau of Space Commerce – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• Space benefits:
  • How space exploration will help to address climate change | TheHill
  • Need a way out of recession? Look to the stars – CityAM
• Commercial space:
  • Lunar commerce: a question of semantics? – The Space Review
  • Op-ed | Unleashing America’s commercial space industry – SpaceNews
  • Contact and Capture — Crew-1 Arrives at ISS – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • #SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Crew-1 Giant Leap Towards Space for All – SpaceWatch.Global
  • NASA looking for partners to advance Moon mission imagery – SpaceWatch.Global
• ISS:
  • Ground-Breaking SpaceX Crew-1 Commercial Flight Enhances International Space Station Productivity – National Space Society
• Regulation:
  • FAA: Commercial space launch regulations ‘in final coordination’ – SpaceNews
• Space law:
  • Growing Interest in Moon Resources Could Cause Tension, Scientists Find – Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian/
  • Opinion | To boldly go … responsibly – POLITICO
• Spectrum:
  • The U.S. Senate Promotes Private Sector Development of Next-Generation Satellite-Based Technology to Deliver Broadband Connectivity to the Unconnected – AST SpaceMobile
• Space traffic:
  • The need for US leadership in remediating space debris – The Space Review
  • Commerce Department drafting space traffic management concepts as it awaits funding – SpaceNews
• Weather & remote sensing satellites:
  • GeoOptics and Spire Global win NOAA weather data contracts – SpaceNews
• US Defense space:
  • Launch:
    • SpaceX to transition to fully reusable fleet for national security launches – SpaceNews
    • ULA: Dream Chaser schedule slip not a setback to Vulcan certification – SpaceNews
  • Air Force reveals candidate locations for U.S. Space Command headquarters – SpaceNews
  • Space surveillance technologies a top need for U.S. military – SpaceNews
  • Marine Corps Forces Space Command is here – MarineCorpsTime.com
  • Biden likely to stay course on Space Force and defense investments – SpaceNews
• Space and cybersecurity :
  • #SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Quantum Technology and Impact of the Global Space Security – SpaceWatch.Global

International space

• Canada:
  • Canadian technological ingenuity and astronaut talent has been our ticket to space | CBC Radio
• China:
  • Rocket to lift Chang’e 5 moved to launch pad – Chinadaily.com.cn
  • China’s Next Moon Mission: Rollout to the Pad – Leonard David
  • China Prepares to Launch Its Most Ambitious Moon Mission Yet – Daily Planet/Air & Space Magazine
  • China operates first deep-space antenna array system in Xinjiang region – ECNS.cn
  • BeiDou system passes verification standard of ICAO – ECNS.cn
  • BDS-3 gains major breakthrough in civil aviation sector – Xinhua
• Europe
  • New Copernicus satellite to monitor sea-level rise launched – ESA
  • ESA ground stations support Moon missions – ESA
  • ExoMars parachute testing moves forward – ESA
• India:
  • ISRO’s Shukrayaan: India’s proposed Venus mission attracts international payload proposals – The Financial Express
  • India’s Shukrayaan orbiter to study Venus for over four years, launches in 2024 – SpaceNews
  • Human rating of rocket GSLV MkIII gets underway – Deccan Chronicle
  • Can Private Investment in the Space Sector help the Indian military? – ORF
  • SpaceX asks India for regulatory changes for Starlink | Light Reading
• Israel:
  • Israel to send its second-ever astronaut to ISS next year – SpaceWatch.Global
• Luxembourg:
  • Luxembourg raises budget for Luxeosys satellite to €300 million – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Luxembourg teams up with ESA to create a unique “European Space Resources Innovation Centre” to be established in the Grand Duchy – Luxembourg Space Agency
• Norway:
  • Space Café WebTalk Recap: Mari Eldholm on Norway’s space ambitions – SpaceWatch.Global
• Russia:
  • Russia’s Plesetsk spaceport to conduct 20 Angara rocket launches from 2025 – TASS
  • Russian spacewalk prepares International Space Station for new module – CBS News
• Switzerland:
  • Switzerland to kick off Space4Impact platform – SpaceWatch.Global
• Turkey:
  • Turkey’s space program not yet ready for takeoff – Al-Monitor.com
• UAE
  • Why space tourism from Dubai could be a reality by 2023 – Arabianbusiness
• UK:
  • Britain Makes Risky Bet Reviving Bankrupt Satellite Firm OneWeb – BloombergQuint.com
  • UK government secures satellite network OneWeb – GOV.UK
  • New support for UK space hubs unveiled – GOV.UK
  • Ocean mapping satellite to help UK scientists tackle climate change – GOV.UK
  • 10 new satellites to be built in Glasgow in next three years as part of new innovative constellation service – GOV.UK
  • Space news: RAF new Space Command welcomed by UKSpace Will Whitehorn – Express.co.uk
  • Frazer-Nash exploring viability of space-based solar power to help deliver Net Zero | Frazer-Nash Consultancy
  • Boris Johnson to set up Britain’s Space Command – with first rocket planned to launch in 2022 – The Sun
  • Thompson raises Midlothian space rocket concerns at PMQs – Midlothian View
  • Skyrora’s response to the UK’s recent investment for Defence | Skyrora
  • Space centre announcement has already sparked tech companies’ interest in Shetland | The Shetland Times Ltd
  • Wales could be home to one of seven new UK spaceports | South Wales Argus
  • AstroAgency and Scottish Space Leadership Council Secure Space Agency Funding | HeraldScotland
  • Prime Minister announces new funding for Scottish defence and space projects – Business Insider
  • Rocket man: Boris Johnson shot down over Highland spaceport | Press and Journal

Webcasts:

** A New Doorway to Space | NASA – NanoRacks to add new airlock for the ISS to enhance both commercial and government activities on the station:

Opening another portal to receive more shipments and deploy more satellites and experiments is the challenge a private company took up – Nanoracks LLC, headquartered in Webster, Texas. With support from NASA, the company built a new and different kind of doorway into space.

The Nanoracks Bishop Airlock Module will serve as another door to space, helping to move larger payloads inside and outside the station. This will alleviate one bottleneck slowing down the deployment of new small satellites and CubeSats from the space station. Bishop will also significantly increase the amount of research that can be done in low-Earth orbit – research that helps us better understand the space environment but also has implications for Earth imaging, medical research, and biomanufacturing.

** Sunday, Nov.22.2020 –  Rob Ronci and Trent Tresch talked about “for news, updates, and policy discussions regarding  the Caelus Foundation“, which  advocates “for broad participation in the space domain and to engage and empower people around the world to build a space-centric community through their decisions and actions“.

** The Space Show – Tuesday, Nov.17.2020 – Dallas Bienhoff discussed cislunar development and also “possible ideas for the new administration and NASA, Artemis, Mars, returning to the Moon, space tugs, the Gateway, private sector advances, and much more“.

** Cislunar, Proliferated Leo and Accelerating Innovation – Constellations Podcast – YouTube

Listen to Colonel Eric Felt talk about what the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) is doing to keep the U.S. competitive edge in space. Building a strong team is important and he believes that is part of the secret sauce that makes the AFRL so successful. Learn about cislunar and XGEO and why these are exciting areas to be studying. Col Felt reflects that the growing interest in cislunar and XGEO comes down to commercial activity, resources and political advantages. He said there are cost and performance advantages coming from proliferated LEO and that every mission in the future that can be done from LEO will be done from LEO. With so many thousands of satellites going up, a high level of automation will be essential for their management; however, there will be limits to this kind of autonomy – especially in a war fighting scenario.

** Luxembourg teams up with ESA to create a unique “European Space Resources Innovation Centre” to be established in the Grand Duchy | Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

Luxembourg just entered a strategic partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) to create a “European Space Resources Innovation Centre”, or ESRIC. Unique of its kind, ESRIC aims to become an internationally recognised centre of expertise for scientific, technical, business and economic aspects related to the use of space resources for human and robotic exploration, as well as for a future in-space economy.

Based in Luxembourg, ESRIC will partner with public and private international players in this field to create a hub of excellence for space resources in Europe. The creation of ESRIC was part of the Luxembourg government initiative SpaceResources.lu launched in 2016 to establish an ecosystem favourable to the development of activities related to the exploration and use of space resources.

ESRIC’s activities will focus on space resources research and development, drawing together excellence from public research and its facilities, with private sector initiative and efficiency. The centre will also contribute to economic growth by supporting commercial initiatives and start-ups, offering a business incubation component and enabling technology transfer between space and non-space industries.

** E42 – Early NASA Recruitment for Women and African Americans (with Angie Bukley and Alan Ladwig) – Aerospace Corp – Center for Space Policy & Strategy (CSPS)

** November 18, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast

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