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:
  • What’s Happening in Space Policy March 31 – April 6, 2019 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
•  SLS/Orion:
  • Examining NASA’s challenge to SLS as ‘Moon, soon’ becomes the latest bold goal – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • An Alabama representative just let the cat out of the bag with the SLS rocket | Ars Technica
  • NASA studying ways to accelerate development of SLS – SpaceNews.com
  • Examining NASA’s challenge to SLS as ‘Moon, soon’ becomes the latest bold goal – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • Huntsville aerospace contractors respond to Vice President Pence’s space goals – waaytv.com
• Lunar program:
  • NASA Is Working With Blue Origin on a Lunar Lander – IEEE Spectrum
  • Newt Gingrich: US astronauts will land on the moon again – here’s how to best do it | Fox News
  • Mike Pence, boldly sending America back to where man has gone before – The Washington Post
• Congressional space:
  • Senate reintroduces Space Frontier Act – SpaceNews.com
  • Senate Commerce Committee to Mark Up New Space Frontier Act – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA programs:
  • New mission directorate in NASA budget request would explore new capabilities for moon, Mars missions – Federal News Network
  • The US Regains Leadership in Space – AmericanThinker.com
  • If space is the future, that future needs to include everyone – The Washington Post
• Science projects:
  • JWST review board raises schedule concerns – SpaceNews.com
  • WFIRST faces funding crunch – SpaceNews.com
• Govt-commercial partnerships:
  • On Capitol Hill, smallsat industry makes new push for government funding – SpaceNews.com
• Space traffic:
  • Why satellite mega-constellations are a massive threat to safety in space – MIT Technology Review
• Space law:
  • Op-ed | Where does space begin? The decades-long legal mission to find the border between air and space – SpaceNews.com
• US military space:
  • Launch:
    • HASC chairman bolsters Blue Origin’s argument to delay launch competition – Defense News
    • Should the National Space Council get a vote on the Air Force’s launch contracts? – POLITICO
    • Air Force firmly opposed to delaying National Security Space Launch competition – SpaceNews.com
    • Why is the Air Force backtracking on competition in space launch? – AEI
  • House Armed Services Committee challenges Shanahan on DoD space priorities – SpaceNews.com
  • SPACE ACQUISITIONS: DOD Faces Significant Challenges as it Seeks to Accelerate Space Programs and Address Threats – U.S. GAO
• Chinese space:
  • Long March 3B launches Tianlian 2-01 – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • Opinion | Space exploration, not militarisation | South China Morning Post
• Indian space:
  • Countdown begins for PSLV-C45 mission with many firsts for ISRO – TheWeek.in
  • India’s Surprise Shooting Down Of A Satellite Was A Warm-Up To Its Imminent Mission To Land On Moon – Forbes.com
  • India tests anti-satellite weapon – SpaceNews.com
  • U.S. military was immediately aware of India’s anti-satellite missile test – SpaceNews.com
  • Doval to draft space policy after successful ASAT launch – dbpost.com
  • India says space debris from anti-satellite test to ‘vanish’ in 45 days | Reuters
• New Zealand space:
  • Time for New Zealand to look up at space for the creation of new jobs | Stuff.co.nz
• UK space:
  • Theresa May backs plan to open spaceport in the Highlands | Press and Journal
  • More benefits to Highland spaceport than just jobs according to public sector group | Press and Journal

Webcasts:

** Episode T+116: On the Moon by 2024 – Main Engine Cut Off – “The National Space Council met this week and Vice President Pence announced the administration’s intentions to see humans land on the moon by 2024. I break down my thoughts and observations coming out of the meeting.”

** Scott Manley – JPL Visit, Mars 2020, Moon in 5 Year, EVA Changes, Indian ASAT

** Scott Manley – Shooting Down A Missile With Another Missile, In Space.

** March 29, 2019 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

** March 27, 2019 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

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