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:
- NASA and the Moon:
- NASA Wants to Move Fast, Sustainably, on Lunar Exploration – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- NASA seeks to accelerate work on lunar missions – SpaceNews.com
- NASA pushing hard to get back to the moon this year. Really – CNET
- It’s Time to go Back to the Moon, According to This Astronaut | Space.com
- NASA Ready to Risk Failed Launches and Landings to Return to Moon | Fortune
- NASA emphasizing “speed” in its return to the Moon | Ars Technica
- NASA human spaceflight:
- Budgets:
- NASA just got its best budget in decades | The Planetary Society
- Final fiscal year 2019 budget bill secures $21.5 billion for NASA – SpaceNews.com
- It’s Over. Trump Signs FY2019 Appropriations Bill – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Newly signed funding bill gives NASA’s budget a significant boost – The Verge
- NASA moves to buy more Soyuz seats for late 2019, early 2020 | Ars Technica
- Congress Approves FY2019 Appropriations to Avoid Another Shutdown, Now Up to Trump – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Back pay for contractors at NASA’s Johnson Space Center not included in budget deal – Houston Chronicle
- Government shutdown averted, but NASA contractors still hurting from the last one – Florida Today
- Trump space:
- Space politics history:
- Spaceports:
- US Defense space:
- Air Force smallsat to fly on upcoming Falcon 9 launch – SpaceNews.com
- Pentagon to propose a lean Space Force – SpaceNews.com
- After the reorganization, who’s really in charge of military space? – SpaceNews.com
- Pentagon seeking proposals for how to use sensors in space to quickly target enemy missiles – SpaceNews.com
- Australian and UAE space:
- Canadian space:
- Chinese space:
- China’s International Lunar Research Station Detailed – Leonard David
- NASA wants to get to the moon ‘as fast as possible.’ But countries like China and India are racing there, too. – The Washington Post
- IAU approves China’s proposed names for Chang’e-4 landing site | Behind The Black
- China reveals plans for first solar power station in space – Sydney Morning Herald
- China Wants to Build the First Power Station in Space – Bloomberg
- Israeli space:
- Nepalese space:
- Russian space:
- Russian space industry less affected by U.S. sanctions than other spheres – Energia – Interfax
- Russia Mulls Offering US Upgraded Space Vehicle for Lunar Orbit Station Supplies – Sputnik International
- Soyuz-2 rocket launcher upgrade to be completed in 2019 – TASS
- Russia Developing Unmanned Tourist ‘Space Yacht’ for Near-Earth Orbit – Designer – Sputnik International
- Saudi space:
- Taiwanese space:
Webcasts:
** Scott Manley: NASA’s New Plans To Land Humans On The Moon In 10 Years
** China’s pouring serious money into potential rivals of SpaceX, Blue Origin – CNBC
SpaceX and Blue Origin face growing competition from China in the new global space race from CNBC.
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