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):

• NASA Artemis lunar program:
  • The challenges facing Artemis in 2020 – The Space Review
  • Bridenstine, NASA ASAP provide updates on Commercial Crew Program – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • NASA may ask lunar lander aspirants to put more skin in the game | Ars Technica
  • NASA’s new human spaceflight chief is determined to make 2024 deadline – SpaceNews.com
• NASA space safety:
  • NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2019 Annual Report – NASA
  • NASA ASAP 2019 Annual Report (pdf)
• Commercial Crew:
  • NASA Update on Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test – Commercial Crew Program/NASA
  • Boeing and NASA are forming an investigation team to figure out cause of spacecraft mishap – The Verge
•  NASA projects:
  • JWST remains on schedule for March 2021 launch – SpaceNews.com
• Space advocacy:
  • Op-ed | Why tapping the solar system’s far-flung resources would be better than building new ICBMs – SpaceNews.com
• American states space:
  • Chicken or the egg: space launch and state spaceports – The Space Review
  • New tenant could be coming to Spaceport Business Park – NewsWest9.com [Midland, TX]
  • MDC board approves deal with spaceport prospect – Midland Reporter-Telegram
  • Space Coast airport wants to launch and land spacecraft in Titusville – Florida Today
  • Warner and Kaine Applaud more than $96,000 in Funding to Support Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport | U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia
• US military:
  • Strong Space Acquisition Leader A Must: Wilson – Breaking Defense
  • U.S. Space Force must inspire the next generation of military space professionals – SpaceNews.com
  • Space Force Sets First Pitch Day Using Alternative Acquisition Authority – Nextgov
• International space
  •  Australia:
    • Rosy future for Aussie space sector but great power space competition looms – Defence Connect
  •   China:
    • China publishes Chang’e 4 data one year after first landing on far side of the moon – Spaceflight Now
    • China’s lander releases data, high-resolution images of the Moon | Ars Technica
      • The data release of CE-2 Global Digital Orthophoto Model (7m)
    • Long March 3B launch opens China’s busy 2020 schedule – NASASpaceFlight.com
  •  Egypt:
    • Egypt Opens Astronaut Selection Competition In Middle East Human Spaceflight Rush – SpaceWatch.Global
  •  India:
    • Chandrayaan-2: Vikram lander spun out of control midway to landing site, ISRO could only watch | Technology News,The Indian Express
  • Indonesia:
    • Indonesia In Talks With Russia To Launch First Astronaut – SpaceWatch.Global
  •  Philippines:
    • Duterte appoints housing secretary, space agency chief – Rappler.com
    • Duterte names heads of new housing dep’t, space agency – Philippine News Agency
  •   Saudi Arabia:
    • Saudi Arabia In Space Cooperation Talks With Kazakhstan And South Korea – SpaceWatch.Global
  •  UAE:
    • UAE leaders sign final piece of Hope Probe destined for Mars – The National
    • UAE’s Sharjah Hosts Emirati-Japanese Workshop On Space Exploration – SpaceWatch.Global

Webcasts:

**  The Space Show – Tue, 01/07/2020 –  Dr. Malcolm Davis “from Australia regarding commercial space, national space security and much more”

** January 3, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

** Episode T+144: 2019 Impacts – Main Engine Cut Off

A look back at 2019 through the lens of “Who actually did something that matters this year?”

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