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 (find previous space policy roundups here):

• Space in R&D priorities:
  • Fiscal Year 2021 Administration Research and Development Budget Priorities – White House (pdf)
• Space rules:
  • Planetary protection:
    • The curious case of the transgressing tardigrades (part 2) – The Space Review
  • Space traffic control:
    • A bug in SpaceX’s communication system kept the company in the dark about potential satellite collision – The Verge
    • ESA spacecraft dodges potential collision with Starlink satellite – SpaceNews.com
    • SpaceX Refused To Move A Starlink Satellite At Risk Of Collision With A European Satellite – Forbes.com
    • SpaceX reportedly refused to move Starlink satellite, provoking odd space agency tweets – Teslarati
    • Can satellite megaconstellations be responsible users of space? – SpaceNews.com
• US military space:
  • Air Force contends Space Force should not have separate acquisition office – SpaceNews.com
  • Air Force changes message on Space Force amid criticism it stifled debate – SpaceNews.com
  • U.S. Space Command and Trump’s Space Force can seem funny. But space threats are deadly serious – Brian Weeden/NBCNews.com
  • Air Force space consortium funding could grow to $12 billion over the next decade – SpaceNews.com
  • Op-Ed | Moving from “oversight” to “transparency” – SpaceNews.com
  • How The Space Development Agency Can Succeed – Breaking Defense
  • US Air Force Begins 2019 Space Wargame | Space.com
• International space
  • Australia:
    • Australia updates commercial launch regulations – SpaceNews.com
  • China:
    • Number of China’s in-orbit BeiDou satellites reaches 39 – Xinhua | English.news.cn
  •  India:
    • India On Mars? Historic Moon Landing Will Spur Human Spaceflight And Missions To Venus And Mars – Forbes.com
    • ISRO ‘ready to support’ private rocket-launching companies – The Hindu BusinessLine
  • Iran:
    • U.S. Sanctions Iran’s Space Agency After Failed Launch – WSJ
  • Kazakhstan:
    • Kazakhstan, partners continue talks on modernization of world’s largest spaceport – Trend.az
  • Malaysia:
    • Malaysia Interested in Having Access to Russian Space Tech, Prime Minister Says – Sputnik International
  • Russia:
    • Russian satellite creeps up to Intelsat satellite – again – C4isrnet.com
    • Putin Opens Door to Foreigners at Troubled Russian Spaceport – Bloomberg
    • Vostochny begins work on a second launch pad set to host Angara rockets – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • UAE:
    • UAE Wants to Train More Astronauts for Arab World – Sputnik International
    • UAE astronauts eye Moon and Mars missions ahead of space journey – The National
  • UK
    • Concern raised over rising north spaceport cost | Press and Journal
    • UK Spaceport at Sutherland enters public consultation phase – NASASpaceFlight.com

Webcasts:

** The Space Show – Thu, 09/05/2019 – George Dvorsky discussed his article, Humans Will never Colonize Mars.

** The Space Show – Tue, 09/03/2019 – Doug Stewart talked about “Chesley Bonestell, his space art and story, plus the documentary film Chesley Bonestell: A brush with The Future“.

** The Truth Behind ESA & SpaceX’s Close Encounter – Scott Manley analyzes the ESA-SpaceX orbital near miss:

The headlines spoke of ‘Rogue SpaceX Satellites’ and ‘Emergency Course Changes’ – but making avoidance maneuvers is a regular occurrence when operating lots of satellites. So what should we make of ESA’s twitter thread making a big deal about their decision to avoid a close encounter with Starlink 44?

** September 4, 2019 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

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