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:
- Commercial Crew Program:
- Commercial crew’s time approaches – The Space Review
- The marriage of SpaceX and NASA hasn’t been easy—but it’s been fruitful | Ars Technica
- SpaceX, NASA launch capsule in push to again send astronauts from US soil | TheHill
- SpaceX Moves NASA One Step Closer to Resuming Astronaut Launches from U.S. Soil – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- NSS Congratulates SpaceX and NASA on Docking Dragon 2 Spacecraft to International Space Station |National Space Society
- Lunar programs:
- SLS/Orion:
- Space science programs:
- NASA budget:
- Orbital traffic:
- Space weather:
- US Defense launch:
- Space Force:
- Op-Ed | Getting space right is both a national security and an economic question – SpaceNews.com
- Defense officials: New military branch designed for the ‘unique culture’ of space – SpaceNews.com
- Space Force to cost $2 billion, include 15,000 personnel in first five years – DefenseNews.com
- Space Force proposal submitted to Congress – CBS News
- Spaceports:
- The Tiny Scottish Community That Could Start Launching Rockets To Space – Forbes
- Space Florida seeking to replace bridge to Cape Canaveral – Florida Politics
- Florida Space Leaders Want Federal Funding For KSC Bridge – Central Florida News/90.7 WMFE
- Legislative Preview 2019, Part 3: Maintaining Florida’s Leadership In The Space Industry – Legislative Preview 2019/90.7 WMFE
- Midland space port is about to be out of this world – NewsWest9.com
- Blast Off: How northern Michigan is launching as an aerospace contender – Traverse City Business News
- Canadian space:
- Chinese space:
- China’s Farside Rover: Heading for New Territory – Leonard David
- China to open Chang’e-4 lunar probe data to world – Global Times
- China Space Station: Pressing Forward This Year – Leonard David
- China preparing for space station missions – Xinhua | English.news.cn
- China’s new huge solid rocket booster completes test – Xinhua | English.news.cn
- Space power plant and a mission to Mars: China’s new plans to conquer the final frontier – CNN
- Euro space:
- Indian space:
- Israeli space:
- Japanese space:
- Russian space:
- UK space:
Webcasts:
** Space Policy Edition: When a (Space) Cowboy Came to Washington | The Planetary Society
Historian John Logsdon discusses his new book, Ronald Reagan and the Space Frontier. It explores the legacy of the 40th president’s major space policy decisions. We look at four major topics: early efforts at commercializing space, the survival crisis for planetary exploration, the Space Shuttle, and the decision to build the space station. Casey also shares good news about NASA’s newest budget and how a battle between rocket companies could spell trouble for NASA’s Lucy mission.
** ISPCS 2018 – Development of Commercial Space Markets – Greg Autry – YouTube
Greg Autry, Assistant Professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship & Director of the Southern California Commercial Spaceflight Initiative at University of Southern California, presents his keynote “Public Private Partnerships Spur Development of Commercial Space Markets and Returns to Earth Economy.”
** “Breaking the Cost Curve: Applying Lessons Learned from the James Webb Space Telescope Development” – Lee Feinberg, NASA GSFC – FISO Seminar – February 27, 2019. Slides (pdf)
** February 28, 2019 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black
** The Space Show – Sun, 03/03/2019 – David Livingston hosted an open lines discussion with show listeners.
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