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

• Space politics:
  • NASA, Kennedy Space Center seek new champion after Bill Nelson’s loss – Florida Today
  • NASA lost key support to explore Jupiter’s moon | TheHill
• NASA commercial cargo/crew program:
  • NASA Invites Media to SpaceX Demo-1 Launch | NASA
  • NASA Announces January 7 for SpaceX Uncrewed Commercial Crew Test Flight – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • OPINION: What’s Behind NASA’s ‘Safety Review’ Of SpaceX And Boeing? | The Daily Caller
  • NASA Still Lives in the Age of Reefer Madness – The Atlantic
  • Crew Unpacking New U.S., Russian Cargo Ships on Station’s 20th Anniversary – Space Station/NASA
  • NASA Highlights Science on Next Resupply Mission to Space Station – NASA
• SLS/Orion:
  • That Doug Cooke Op-Ed | Transterrestrial Musings
• NASA and commercial space:
  • Why NASA wants to look at flying tourists to space — a dramatic change for a by-the-book agency – The Washington Post
  • NASA to pay private space companies for moon rides – AAAS
• NASA human spaceflight:
  • Space Council Gets Human Spaceflight Strategy Report – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • National Space Council Gets Report on Human Spaceflight | NASA
• Space regulations:
  • New Committee Brings Industry Viewpoint to NAC, Seeks Changes to Planetary Protection Guidelines – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • NASA Advisory Council Regulatory and Policy Committee Observations, Findings, and Recommendations – NAC  – SpacePolicyOnline.com (pdf)
  • US to ease restrictions on space tech tie ups — except with China – Nikkei Asian Review
  • Three months from application to launch license? A new report says it’s possible. – SpaceNews.com
  • Regulatory Proposals, Comments, Showing Your Work – GroundBasedSpaceMatters.com
  • COMSTAC Views on “Continuing Supervision” under Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty – GroundBasedSpaceMatters.com
  • Space, fighting for airspace – The Space Review
• Space science:
  • Jezero Crater Announced as Landing Site for NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover – AmericaSpace
  • NASA closes call for small payloads to study the surface of the Moon | Ars Technica
• US defense space:
  • Future military satcom system puts cybersecurity first – SpaceNews.com
  • Review: The Bomb and America’s Missile Age – The Space Review
  • Space Force Actually May Be Bargain, New Cost Estimate Says – Defense One
  • Op-ed | Space Force: premature or overdue? – SpaceNews.com
• Canadian space:
  • The Future of Canada’s Space Industry is All About Treating Space Like an Industry< – The Commercial Space Blog/a>
• Chinese space:
  • China’s Long March 2D rocket launches five satellites – Spaceflight Now
  • China expands use of BeiDou navigation system in transportation – Xinhua | English.news.cn
• Czech space:
  • Czech space research chief: Country is ready to play the space game | Radio Prague
• Indian space:
  • ‘Chandrayaan, Mangalyaan enhanced India’s prestige’ | Hubballi News – Times of India
• Moroccan space:
  • Moroccan spy satellite launched aboard Vega rocket – Spaceflight Now
• Russian space:
  • Roscosmos ready to increase insurance of new manned launch to ISS 2.4-fold – TASS
  • Over $150M Embezzled in Construction of Russia’s Far East Spaceport — Prosecutors – The Moscow Times
  • Russia to develop Glonass orbital navigation system with six new satellites – TASS
  • Russian cosmonaut Elena Serova on space travel and her move into politics | Euronews
  • Russia to complete building its orbital outpost segment in 2022 – TASS
  • Russia to send first humanoid robot to orbital outpost aboard manned Soyuz spacecraft – TASS
  • Russian, US officials say space cooperation remains strong – ABC News
• UK space:
  • Funding and laws for spaceports need to be implemented – Falmouth Packet

Webcasts:

** November 20, 2018 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black