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 May 26-June 1, 2019 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA Lunar program:
  • Op-Ed | Time to go back to the moon, to truly stay – SpaceNews.com
  • Sirangelo to NASA — Hi and Bye – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• Lunar Gateway:
  • Maxar Wins First Gateway Contract – SpacePolicyOnline.com
•  Commercial Crew Program:
  • Boeing completes tests of Starliner thrusters – SpaceNews.com
• Commercial spaceflight regulation
  • Commercial Space Transportation: Improvements to FAA’s Workforce Planning Needed to Prepare for the Industry’s Anticipated Growth – U.S. GAO
• Lunar history preservation:
  • Historic Moon Landing Sites: Space Act Calls for Preservation and Protection – LeonardDavid.com
  • One Small Step Act bill – ForAllMoonKind.org (pdf)
• US military space:
  • Crunch time: Rocket companies in all-out battle for Air Force award – SpaceNews.com
• US states space:
  • Florida Space Coast is bouncing back with help from SpaceX, Boeing and Blue Origin | Borneo Bulletin Online
• GPS system:
  • Senate Adopts GPS Resolution – GPS Innovation Alliance (GPSIA)
• Euro space:
  • EU/ESA Space Council – ESA – Webcast of “9th high-level EU/ESA Space Council, with the theme ‘Space as an enabler’, will take place on Tuesday, 28 May”.
  • Europe to Mars – and back! – ESA
• Indian space:
  • U.S. Air Force’s Space Fence Detects Debris from India Anti-Satellite Test – Lockheed-Martin
• Russian space:
  • Soyuz 2-1b launches latest GLONASS-M satellite – despite being hit by lightning – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • “Roskosmos” plans to increase the capacity of “Angara” – RIA News (Google Translate)
• Rwandan space:
  • Rwanda looks to deploy satellite tech to monitor progress on SDGs | The New Times | Rwanda
• UAE space:
  • Emirati astronaut Hazza on final training before taking off to space – Khaleej Times
• UK space:
  • Cornwall is “ready for lift off” with a spaceport – Pirate FM

Webcasts:

** Mars Hotel/The Space Show – Wed, 05/22/2019 – John Batchelor & Dr. David Livingston talked with William Harwood of CBS News about “Jeff Bezos and the Blue Moon Lander project, his recent press conference & returning to the Moon”.

** National Space Society Space Settlement Interview with Voice of America – National Space Society –

On the Science Edition of Voice of America Press Conference USA, host Rick Pantaleo discusses the possibilities of life in space with Mark Hopkins and Al Globus of the National Space Society (30 minutes).

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