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):
- Schedule:
- Lunar programs:
- Space budgets:
- [ Update: Administration’s proposed 2021 budget released:
- NASA Administrator Statement on Moon to Mars Initiative, FY2021 Budget | NASA
- Leading the Exploration of the Moon and Mars – White House (pdf)
- Budget Documents, Strategic Plans and Performance Reports | NASA (2021 docs to be posted at 1:30 pm EST)
- President’s Budget | The White House
- NASA’s FY 2021 Budget | The Planetary Society
- ]
- Trump NASA budget proposal would be largest in years, include money for Artemis moon program – The Washington Post
- Trump’s NASA Budget Will Earmark 12% Boost for Agency in 2021 – WSJ
- Trump will propose big boost for NASA to return astronauts to the moon | Fox News
- [ Update: Administration’s proposed 2021 budget released:
- Commercial crew:
- NASA Shares Initial Findings from Boeing Starliner Orbital Flight Test Investigation – Commercial Crew Program/NASA
- Boeing & NASA admit multiple anomalies on Starliner mission – NASASpaceFlight.com
- Boeing’s Starliner software issues under NASA investigation – CNBC
- Starliner investigation finds numerous problems in Boeing software development process – SpaceNews.com
- NASA safety panel calls for reviews after second Starliner software problem – SpaceNews.com
- Boeing Software Errors Could Have Doomed Starliner’s Uncrewed Test Flight – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Orbital traffic:
- Spectrum regulation:
- American states space:
- US military:
- Space Force-sponsored study to assess capabilities of commercial industry – SpaceNews.com
- Will Space Force oversight constrain SDA? Current and former bosses offer contrasting views. – SpaceNews.com
- Officials provide details on building the Space Force, its structure, and operating imperatives – United States Space Force
- Kitay: Reducing Secrecy Critical to Space Force Success – Air Force Magazine
- Pentagon Hopes to Avoid Space Force Pitfalls – National Defense Magazine
- Space Force wants to make sure HR is solidified before transferring troops over | Federal News Network
- International space
- Australia:
- Canada:
- China:
- Europe:
- India:
- Iran:
- Japan:
- UAE:
- UK:
Webcasts:
** The Space Show – Sun, 02/09/2020 – Michael Listner discussed the art of “lawfare or war as a tool of law. Be sure to follow along with Michael’s PPT presentation loaded on our blog [Space Show Lawfare Presentation (Final ).pptx].”
A new bill from the House of Representatives threatens to upend NASA’s Artemis program and refocus the space agency on sending humans to Mars by 2033. Space policy expert Laura Seward Forczyk joins the show to share her critiques of this proposed legislation and what it would mean for NASA’s human spaceflight program.
** Moriba Jah – Resident Space Objects and Orbital Collision Prevention – Cold Star Technologies – YouTube
On this episode on the Cold Star Project, hosted by Jason Kanigan, our guest is Dr. Moriba Jah. Dr. Jah had an amazing career as navigator of a number of NASA Mars missions, and is now Director, Computational Astronautical Sciences & Technologies, Oden Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.
** Creating better partnership between government and geospatial industry
** Rocket Ranch Episode 19: Launching Artemis
Sometimes, history inspires us. Sometimes, we find ourselves in the middle of history being made. Now, we are in the middle of the most aggressive push for the Moon since we landed there for the first time 50 years ago. Learn more from a conversation we had last year with NASA’s first female Launch Director, Charlie Blackwell-Thompson.
** February 5, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black
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