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’s lunar programs:
- Update: NASA determining best course for commercial Lunar Gateway resupply – NASASpaceFlight.com
- Bridenstine to meet with international partners on lunar plans at Paris Air Show – SpaceNews.com
- NASA to seek proposals for Gateway logistics – SpaceNews.com
- Why Did the Moon Landing Matter? A Slew of New Books Offer Answers – The New York Times
- Moon program budgets past and present:
- GPS:
- Spectrum:
- US military space:
- Congress Gives Trump Rump Space Force – Breaking Defense
- Thornberry: HASC Republicans ‘Supportive’ of Space Force – National Defense Magazine
- Smith to continue to press for change in national security space launch program – SpaceNews.com
- As it plans LEO constellations, DoD must prepare to deal with congestion – SpaceNews.com
- International Space:
- Chinese space:
- Euro Space:
- Indian space:
- 2 days after Space Station news, Isro calls for ‘docking experiments’ on PSLV stage-4 | India News – Times of India
- IAF gets to work, begins picking the Indians who will go to space on ISRO’s Gaganyaan – ThePrint.in (See video below.)
- India Will Launch an Ambitious Moon Orbiter-Lander-Rover Combo in July – Space.com
- A home in space | The Indian Express
- Russian space:
Webcasts:
** The Space Show – Fri, 06/14/2019 – James A. M. Muncy talked about “draft regulations for commercial space transportation and launches, rules, regulations, and much more”.
** IAF begins process to select astronauts for Gaganyaan
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has started the process for selecting 10 astronauts for the country’s maiden manned space mission, of which three, including a woman, will go to space.
** The Case for Space: Interview with author Dr. Robert Zubrin:
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