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 space:
  • Trump touts Space Force, moon and Mars plans in State of the Union address | Space.com
• NASA lunar programs:
  • Space Force, Artemis Get Shout Outs in State of the Union Address – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • NASA Finalizes $5M Contract For First U.S. Moon Robot Arm In 50 Years – Forbes
  • A New Moon Landing Will Be a Gateway to Mars, Says Space Policy Expert – CTech
  • NASA Spotlights Moon to Mars Plans at Feb. 10 ‘State of NASA’ Events | NASA
• Space legislation:
  • House committee staff members defend NASA authorization bill | Space.com
  • House panel proposes NASA bill that would scrap the lunar base — or maybe not | TheHill
• Solar science programs:
  • Report highlights progress in heliophysics despite budget challenges – SpaceNews.com
  • Progress Made Toward Priorities Defined in 2013-2022 Solar and Space Physics Decadal Survey – National Academies
• NASA programs:
  • Europa Clipper seeking savings as cost reserves plummet – SpaceNews.com
• Commercial crew:
  • NASA, Boeing to Provide Update on Starliner Orbital Flight Test Review | NASA – “the teleconference will stream live online at:  https://www.nasa.gov/live“
  • NASA safety panel calls for reviews after second Starliner software problem – SpaceNews.com
  • Starliner faced “catastrophic” failure before software bug found | Ars Technica
• NASA commercial programs
  • NASA Funds Demonstration of Assembly and Manufacturing in Space | NASA
  • NASA to allow researchers to fly on commercial suborbital vehicles – SpaceNews.com
•  Spectrum regulation:
  • FCC sets December C-band auction, offers up to $14.7 billion for satellite operators – SpaceNews.com
  • Elon Musk’s SpaceX clears first hurdle to Australian broadband market – The Guardian
• Space law:
  • Legal action could be used to stop Starlink affecting telescope images – New Scientist
  • Starlink vs. the astronomers – SpaceNews.com
  • Toward a greater good: TMT & Starlink – Pamela L. Gay – Medium
• American states space:
  • Maui Represented on International Space Station – Maui Now
  • Does the US have too many spaceports, or too few? | TechCrunch
• Space cybersecurity:
  • Government, industry officials share small satellite cybersecurity concerns – SpaceNews.com
• US military:
  • Defense Department drafting new space strategy – SpaceNews.com
  • U.S. Space Force organizational plan delivered to Congress – SpaceNews.com
  • Barrett: ‘Pass-Through’ Funding May Become Core of Space Force Budget – Air Force Magazine
  • Q&A: Rep. Matt Boehnke on his effort to build a Space Academy in Washington – Washington State Wire
  • U.S. Space Force gets upgraded satellite communications jammers for ‘offensive’ operations – SpaceNews.com
• International space
  •  Europe:
    • One step closer to prospecting the Moon – ESA
    • Ariane 6 launch complex at Europe’s Spaceport – ESA
    • European Space Agency director Woerner not seeking extension to term – SpaceNews.com
  •   Greece:
    • France And Greece Hold Space Cooperation Talks, Participate In Athens Space Industry Day – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Hungary:
    • Russia’s cooperation with Hungary envisages Hungarian astronaut’s flight — Roscosmos Chief – TASS
  •   Russia:
    • Roscosmos to start drafting its own space program later this year – TASS
    • Launch of Nauka module in November hardly possible, says Roscosmos chief – TASS
  •  UAE:
    • UAE Hosts Luxembourg At Abu Dhabi Global Market For Space Investment Forum – SpaceWatch.Global
  •  UK:
    • SSTL Kicks-Off Lunar Pathfinder Communications Mission – SSTL
    • UK Space Strategy and the 2020 SDSR: Opportunity costs and spending priorities – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Ukraine:
    • Vice PM Kuleba: Ukraine needs new large-scale projects with China – Ukrinform.net

Webcasts:

** Episode T+146: Loren Grush on Commercial Crew, Starlink, NASA Authorization, and More – Main Engine Cut Off

Loren Grush of The Verge joins me to talk about a whole host of current topics—SpaceX’s in-flight abort test, Starliner’s shaky first test and its fallout, space traffic, Starlink, the NASA Authorization bill, and why ”Space is hard” is the worst mantra.

** The Space Show – Tue, 02/04/2020 – Robert Zimmerman talked about “returning to the Moon, Congress, Artemis, private sector lunar landers, academic fraud in research and publication and much more”.

** A Great Space Observatory Goes Dark: The Legacy of Spitzer | The Planetary Society

The Spitzer Space Telescope, one of NASA’s four great space observatories, was decommissioned on January 30. Mat Kaplan celebrates its discoveries and legacy with three leaders of the mission in this special extended episode. Mars has a supporting role in the new Star Trek: Picard streaming series. Planetary Society Solar System Specialist Emily Lakdawalla says the Red Planet never looked better! And you’ll have a chance to win a great new book about the Spitzer Space Telescope in this week’s What’s Up space trivia contest.

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