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:
- Update: Space commercialization:
- Lunar plans:
- Space politics:
- Commercial space bill dies in the House – SpaceNews.com
- House Votes Down Space Frontier Act – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Science Committee Democrats Expect Action on Commercial Space Issues in New Congress – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- After Three Decades On Capitol Hill, Nelson Leaves Behind Legacy Of Space Policy – 90.7 WMFE
- Apollo 8:
- US Space & the shutdown:
- Deep space science:
- US defense space:
- Chinese space:
- Update: China’s BeiDou officially goes global – Xinhua | English.news.cn
- With First-Ever Landing on Moon’s Farside, China Enters “Luna Incognita” -Leonard David/Scientific American
- China got on the bandwagon to provide global satellite internet — Quartz
- China launches telecommunication technology test satellite – Xinhua | English.news.cn
- Long March 3C lofts secretive TJSW spacecraft – NASASpaceFlight.com
- Ethiopian space:
- Euro space:
- Update: Indian space:
- Nigerian space:
- Russian space:
- Satellite startup OneWeb wants to sell a minority stake to Russia’s government – SiliconANGLE
- Investigators question Russian cosmonaut about hole in Soyuz MS-09 hull – TASS
- Russia to Complete Flight Tests of Soyuz-2.1V Carrier Rocket in 2019 – Sputnik International
- Roscosmos subsidiary signs contract for third commercial launch of Soyuz – TASS
- Scottish space:
- UAE space:
Webcasts:
** SPECIAL EPISODE – Big Data for Satellites, Deep Learning and Growing Security Threats – Constellations, a New Space and Satellite Innovation Podcast
The Big Data Panel Roundtable discussion completes our special series recorded at the 2018 Kratos Users Conference. This episode brings together technology experts to discuss the role of big data in the satellite industry, the implications of deep learning and the impact of security threats. Bob Potter, VP of Technology, Signal and Ground Systems moderated the panel. He was joined by Anthony Semiao, Chief Solutions Architect, Jay Finnigan, Director of Network Products and Loic Coulet, Technology and Products Manager. Key discussions included the growth of big data and how data creates new data in a never ending cycle, the opportunities to leverage big data in the satellite industry, the critical importance of security in satellites and the value of deep learning and artificial intelligence.
** Fri, 12/21/2018 – Space lawyer Laura Montgomery gave “a space policy, law and regulatory review for 2018”.
** Sun, 12/23/2018 – David led an open lines discussion with Space Show listeners on a wide range of space related topics.
** Wed, 12/19/2018 – Anatoly Zak of RussianSpaceWeb.com talked about the recent “Cosmonaut risky spacewalk, ISS leak, Angara pad construction issues, Vostochny construction company corruption”.
** December 21, 2018 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black
** Earthrise! Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 8 | The Planetary Society