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):

• Trump administration:
  • Pence calls for American-led cooperation in space exploration – SpaceNews.com
  • VP Mike Pence talks up property rights at space conference – GeekWire
• Artemis:
  • Companies, international partners key to future lunar exploration – SpaceNews.com
• NASA:
  • Bridenstine Establishes Federated Board for Strategic Alignment – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• Planetary science:
  • Mars 2020 Rover Cost Could Starve Other Red Planet Missions | Space.com
• Space resources:
  • New era of locally-sourced resources in space – ESA
  • How NASA could help stop climate change with solar satellites – The Washington Post
• US military space:
  • Stealth startup lone remaining contender in DARPA responsive launch challenge – SpaceNews.com
  • For Air Force launch competition, ULA will offer Vulcan and Atlas, but not Delta – SpaceNews.com
  • Pentagon space reforms leading to better relations with industry – Defense News
  • DoD Rethinks Launch Needs To Counter Russia, China – Breaking Defense
  • DoD working on Space Force rollout plan pending congressional approval – SpaceNews.com
• International Space
  • International Astronautical Congress brings space world, and political issues, to Washington – SpaceNews.com
  • Space agencies endorse continued cooperation in lunar exploration – SpaceNews.com
  • Algeria:
    • Algeria And Russia Discuss Expanding Space Cooperation And Development – SpaceWatch.Global
  •  Australia:
    • Australian Space Agency Signs Agreement With Maxar Technologies To Develop Strategic Collaboration – SpaceWatch.Global
  •  China:
    • BeiDou-3 satellites might all launch into space by June – ecns.cn
    • Heads of Space Agencies Panel Highlights Benefits of International Cooperation but Political Tensions Persist – SpaceQ
    • China is not going to be America’s space partner anytime soon | TheHill
  • Egypt:
    • Egypt And UAE Bolster Space Ties: Cairo Looks To Send Egyptian To ISS – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Ethiopia:
    • Ethiopia To Begin Work On Satellite MAIT Facility With European Funding – SpaceWatch.Global
  •  Europe:
    • ESA to seek funding for more Prometheus reusable engines at ministerial – SpaceNews.com
    • Woerner optimistic about ESA’s upcoming ministerial meeting – SpaceNews.com
  • France:
    • Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Signs Declaration of Intent with French Space Agency – U.S. Department of Commerce
  •  Germany:
    • Why isn′t Germany taking over the moon?  – DW
  •  India:
    • Indian space agency ISRO’s launch vehicles to carry along 14 foreign satellites – Xinhua
    • India, Russia discussing supply of Russian systems for Indian manned space program – Glavkosmos general director – Interfax
  •  Iran:
    • Iran Looks To Get In On Middle East Human Spaceflight Boom With Russia – SpaceWatch.Global
  •  Israel:
    • Israel Plans to Go Back to the Moon … And Stick the Landing This Time – Space.com
  •  Japan:
    • Japan to join Artemis program – SpaceNews.com
  • Luxembourg:
    • Luxembourg extends space resources work through new agreements with NASA and ESA – SpaceNews.com
  • Russia:
    • Russia reschedules Progress MS-13 space freighter’s launch for December 1 – TASS
    • Russia approves conceptual design of super-heavy carrier rocket – TASS
  • South Africa:
    • South Africa’s Space Commercial Services Head Calls For Regional IoT Nanosatellite Constellation – SpaceWatch.Global

Webcasts:
** The Space Show – Tue, 10/22/2019 – Linda Plush and Dr. John Jurist discussed “advanced human factors for human spaceflight with a focus on the human senses and spaceflight”.

** The Space Show – Mon, 10/21/2019 – Dr. Jose V. Lopez talked about ” the paper by Dr. Lopez and his associates, ‘Inevitable future: space colonization beyond Earth with microbes first‘”.

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