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 lunar programs:
- Legislation/budgets:
- Commercial crew:
- Boeing Starliner Program Update Today – Boeing (Includes audio)
- Boeing acknowledges “gaps” in its Starliner software testing | Ars Technica
- Boeing provides update, path forward for Starliner – NASASpaceFlight.com
- Boeing Working Through Starliner Fixes, Not Ready to Set Next Launch Date – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Boeing didn’t perform full end-to-end test of Starliner – Orlando Sentinel
- Boeing Starliner testing was flawed, company admits – The Washington Post
- NASA commercial programs
- Deep space missions:
- Orbital traffic:
- Spectrum:
- Space law:
- Space advocacy:
- American states space:
- Spaceport Camden Advocates Hope For FAA Approval As Opponents Plan Debate | WJCT NEWS
- Midland City Council approves Kelper Aerospace to sublease at Spaceport – Yourbasin (See also Kepler Aerospace)
- Musk’s SpaceX rocket production facility approved by Port of Los Angeles – Reuters
- SpaceX’s Los Angeles Mars rocket factory go for launch after cresting last big hurdle – Teslarati
- Washington’s future in “final frontier” economy – Lens
- Brownsville aiming to become “Space City” by 2030 | KVEO-TV
- Oscoda makes first cut, advancing to next phase of spaceport ambitions – iosconews.com
- US military:
- Elon Musk: ‘Radical Innovation’ Needed To Beat China Militarily – Breaking Defense
- Elon Musk calls on U.S. Space Force to embrace fully reusable rockets: ‘Make Starfleet happen’ – SpaceNews.com
- Pentagon Vows Not To Let Russia, China Deny West’s Space Superiority – RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
- Air Force Academy 2020 graduates will join U.S. Space Force – SpaceNews.com
- Space Force official: Transfers of military personnel to Space Force are strictly voluntary – SpaceNews.com
- International space
- Australia:
- Belgium:
- Canada:
- China:
- Egypt:
- Hungary:
- India:
- Trump’s India Visit Should Enhance US-India Space Cooperation – The Diplomat
- ISRO to begin testing for first human Gaganyaan mission as rocket design sees completion – Republic World
- #SpaceWatchGL Op-Ed: ISRO And Satellites Launches – Why The Economic Survey Is Misleading – SpaceWatch.Global
- India outlines launch plans, progress in human spaceflight and space transportation – SpaceNews.com
- Trump, praising India’s ‘impressive strides’ on moon exploration, pledges greater cooperation on space – Space.com
- Russia:
- Saudi Arabia:
- UAE:
- UK:
Webcasts:
** The Space Show – Tue, 02/25/2020 – Dr. Namrata Goswami talked “about the new US Space Force, china, the Corona Virus and the Chinese space program, China space, India, Russia, US space visionary leadership, ESA, UAE, Luxembourg and more”.
** Clinton Clark – Space Situational Awareness with ExoAnalytic – Cold Star Project S02E21
Clinton Clark is the Vice President of First Impressions at ExoAnalytic Solutions, and our topic is space situational awareness.
– Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST)
– Space Domain Awareness (SDA)
– Space Traffic Management (STM)
– Space Situational Awareness (SSA)
are all terms–some newer than others–applicable to what ExoAnalytic does. Clint Clark and Cold Star Project host Jason Kanigan dig into what these terms mean, how the company goes about providing such services, and their impact on space. ExoAnalytic Solutions website: https://exoanalytic.com/
** February 25, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black
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