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:
- Congressional space:
- Senate Passes Budget/Debt Limit Deal, Heads Out for Recess – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Letter to NASA Admin. James Bridenstine from Sen. Michael Enzi, Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget, regarding project cost growth and delays (pdf)
- Senator criticizes cost and schedule issues with NASA programs – SpaceNews.com
- SLS vs space fuel depots:
- Commercial partnerships:
- NASA Partners on Blue Moon and Starship, and Shuffles CLPS Providers – Main Engine Cut Off
- SpaceX to mature Starship Moon landing and orbital refueling tech with NASA’s help – Teslarati
- NASA gives SpaceX a challenge with the moon as a prize | TheHill
- Commercial lunar lander company terminates NASA contract – SpaceNews.com
- Commercial crew program:
- Artemis lunar program:
- ISS utilization:
- Moon vs Mars:
- Regulations:
- ULA and its launch industry competitors in pitched fight over regulations – SpaceNews.com
- FCC Streamlines Application Process for Small Satellites | Federal Communications Commission
- Launch industry divided on proposed regulatory reforms – SpaceNews.com
- US satellite operators urge commerce department to revise proposed commercial remote sensing regulations – GeospatialWorld.net
- Op-ed | Why Congress must enact commercial remote sensing reforms – SpaceNews.com
- US states space:
- US military space:
- US Space Command Set to Launch Within Weeks – Air Force Magazine
- DoD reports higher costs for National Security Space Launch program – SpaceNews.com
- Congress reviewing new request to reprogram funds for next-generation OPIR satellites – SpaceNews.com
- Analysts: ’Space Defense Force’ would be a better name, Space Development Agency will not survive – SpaceNews.com
- International space
- Australia:
- China:
- France:
- India:
- Luxembourg:
- Italy:
- Pakistan:
- Russia:
- UAE:
- UK
Webcasts:
** Space Policy Edition: The Home Front During Apollo (with Emily Margolis) | The Planetary Society
Did the public support Project Apollo? Dr. Emily Margolis joins the show to explore the domestic politics and cultural impact of the space age throughout the 1960s. Despite the success of the lunar landings, there was more opposition to Apollo than we generally remember. Chief Advocate Casey Dreier also provides an update on some important developments in the U.S. Congress on the eve of their August recess—including some potentially good budget news for NASA.
** The Space Show – Tue, 07/30/2019 – Robert Zimmerman (Behind The Black ) talked about “SpaceX Starship progress, NASA lunar program, Congress, budgets, private sector excitement, tax dollars vs. private dollars and much more”.
** The Space Show – Fri, 08/02/2019 – Gordon Dillow talked about his asteroid book Fire in the Sky: Cosmic Collisions, Killer Asteroids, and the Race to Defend Earth and “asteroid impacts, asteroid defense, NASA, FEMA, asteroid pop culture, asteroid mining and much more”.
** Episode T+128: NASA Shuffles CLPS, Partners on Blue Moon and Starship – Main Engine Cut Off
NASA terminated OrbitBeyond’s CLPS task order, opened CLPS up to more providers, and announced exciting partnerships with Blue Origin, SpaceX, and others.
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Fire in the Sky: Cosmic Collisions, Killer Asteroids, and the Race to Defend Earth