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:

• Congressional space:
  • Kendra Horn to chair space subcommittee – NewsOK.com
• NASA
  • NASA Ready to Launch Back Into Action After Government Shutdown, Agency Chief Says – Space.com
• Human spaceflight priorities:
  • Would a decadal survey work for human space exploration? – The Space Review
• Space law:
  • The Sky Is (Not) the Limit – Harvard Law Today
• Development monitoring from space:
  • Can the Sustainable Development Goals Be Measured By Satellite? – SingularityHub.com
• Asteroid impact prevention:
  • NASA preps for ‘Armageddon’ style asteroid threat — but with far less drama | TheHill
• Defense space:
  • US Space force:
    • Will Space Force Boost Already-Rising Spending on Satellites? – Defense One
    • Shanahan Wants Space Force to Have As Small a Footprint as Possible – SpacePolicyOnline.com
    • Pentagon chief backs Space Force — but as part of the Air Force – POLITICO
    • The US Space Force is overdue – TheHill
    • White House: Space Force under the Air Force only a ‘first step,’ a separate department not off the table – SpaceNews.com
    • A Space Guard to Enable, Regulate, and Protect National Civil and Commercial Space Activities – National Space Society
    • A Space Guard to Enable, Regulate, and Protect National Civil and Commercial Space Activities – NSS (pdf)
  • DARPA satellite servicing
    • SSL cancels DARPA satellite servicer agreement – SpaceNews.com
    • Why did Maxar Subsidiary SSL “Terminate” its Participation in the DARPA GEOsynchronous Satellite Servicing Program – The Commercial Space Blog
  • Space militarization:
    • Weaponization of space will harm the United States more than it gains – The Space Review
    • Space Wars: U.S. Intelligence Chiefs Describe Growing Chinese And Russian Space Threats – SpaceWatch.Global
• Spaceports:
  • Camden County Georgia Submits Launch Site Operator License Application to FAA | Business Wire
  • New Mexico expects tourist boom amid Spaceport launch – KRQE.com
• Chinese space:
  • China’s Chang’e-4 probe wakes up after first lunar night – Xinhua | English.news.cn
  • Chang’e-4 finds moon’s far side colder than expected during night – Xinhua | English.news.cn
  • China’s Chang’e-4 Farside Mission: Cold Spell Survivors – LeonardDavid.com
• Euro space:
  • European Debris-Removal Concept Gets New Mission: Refuel and Repair – Space.com
• Indian space:
  • Inauguration of Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC) – ISRO
  • Isro sets up Human Space Flight Centre in Bengaluru for manned | Business Standard News
  • Photos: India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle flies in new configuration – Spaceflight Now
• Iranian/Iraqi space:
  • Iran And Iraq Discuss Possible Space Cooperation – SpaceWatch.Global
• Japanese space:
  • Japan positioned for outsize role in NASA’s moon, Mars plans – POLITICO
• Russian space:
  • The long road to Vostochny: Inside Russia’s newest launch facility – SpaceNews.com
  • Russian cosmonauts conducting 300 scientific experiments on orbital outpost – TASS
  • Russia Positions Its Moon Programme As Alternative To U.S. Lunar-Orbit Gateway Station – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Russian specialists working to eliminate Fregat booster’s malfunction at Kourou spaceport – TASS
  • OneWeb Delays Launch of Satellites Over Problems With Russian Carrier – Chairman – Sputnik International
  • Russian rocket glitch to delay satellite launch for U.S. startup OneWeb | Reuters
  • OneWeb Delays Launch of Satellites Over Problems With Russian Carrier – Chairman – Sputnik International
  • Russian rocket glitch to delay satellite launch for U.S. startup OneWeb | Reuters
• Scottish space:
  • Scotland’s space sector is ‘punching above its weight’, says report – The Scotsman
• UAE space:
  • Dh10 million fine if you try to launch space objects in UAE – Khaleej Times
• UK space:
  • 3,400 new UK space jobs created – GOV.UK

Webcasts:

** Tue, 01/29/2019 – Rod Pyle talked about “his new book Interplanetary Robots: True Stories of Space Exploration plus specific missions, Mars, Saturn, the Moon, the attributes of a PI and much more”.

** Mon, 01/28/2019 – Laura Forczyk spoke about her book project “Rise Of The Space Age Millennials: The Space Aspirations of a Rising Generation, plus additional multiple commercial space topics, policy issues, and STEM subjects”.

** Sun, 01/27/2019 – Robert (Rob) Godwin talked about his new book, Outpost in Orbit: A Pictorial & Verbal History of the Space Station.

** John Batchelor Show: The steady and discreet success of Blue Origin. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com

** John Batchelor: Cheap SpaceX shuts down the expensive competition. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com

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