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:
  • What’s Happening in Space Policy March 15-27, 2020 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
•  Coronavirus:
  • Space in the time of the coronavirus – SpaceNews.com
  • Arianespace suspends French Guiana launches amid coronavirus response – SpaceNews.com
  • The $400 billion space industry and NASA brace for coronavirus – CNBC
  • With coronavirus spreading, NASA may tweak astronaut prelaunch quarantine plans | Space.com
  • How NASA is preparing to launch humans to space as coronavirus pandemic worsens – The Verge
  • The virus has gone global—so what happens to the launch industry? | Ars Technica
• Lunar plans:
  • NASA takes Gateway off the critical path for 2024 lunar return – SpaceNews.com
  • Plans for Lunar Bases in Limbo as NASA Mulls Schedule Slip and Program Changes – WSJ
  • NASA no longer counting on Gateway for 2024 moon landing – Spaceflight Now
  • Gateway No Longer Mandatory for 2024 Moon Landing – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• Science programs:
  • NASA Picks Four Finalists for Small Missions to Study the Universe – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • NASA selects finalists for next small astrophysics mission – SpaceNews.com
• SLS/Orion:
  • Report: Artemis Mobile Launchers – Cost, Schedule Issues – Leonard David
  • Audit of NASA’s Development of Its Mobile Launchers – NASA OIG (pdf)
• Commercial crew:
  • Private options, private risks: the future of US spaceflight – The Space Review
• Space law:
  • Space security: the need for a monitoring mechanism – The Space Review
• US military:
  • Sputnik 2.0: How Russia Still Reveals The United States’ Vulnerability In Space – Forbes.com
  • RAND study: U.S. Space Force has to define its mission – SpaceNews.com
• International space
  • China:
    • How China is planning to go to Mars amid the coronavirus outbreak – Nature
    • Launch of China’s new Long March 7A ends in failure – SpaceNews.com
  • Europe:
    • The mission to build a reusable launcher for Europe – Horizon: the EU Research & Innovation magazine
    • ESA And The European Commission Preorder Four More Ariane 6 Launches – SpaceWatch.Global
  • India:
    • Creation Of A Defence Space Agency: A New Chapter In Exploring India’s Space Security – DefenceAviationPost.com
  • Russia:
    • Russia, Belarus to launch new jointly developed satellite in 2025 – TASS
    • About 900 citizens file applications to qualify for Russia’s cosmonaut team – TASS
  • UK:
    • Environmental concerns voiced over spaceport plan | HeraldScotland
    • Spaceport plan splits Highland neighbours with majority of respondents against hi-tech scheme | Press and Journal
    • How can a ‘British DARPA’ succeed? – CapX

Webcasts:

** NASA Mobile Launchers – NASA Inspector General

The Office of Inspector General examined NASA’s efforts to meet cost, schedule, and performance goals in developing two mobile launchers that will serve as the ground structure to assemble, transport, and launch the SLS/Orion rocket and capsule.

** Space Thoughts Episode 4: MEV 1 – Michael Listner of Space Law & Policy Solutions.

** Space Thoughts Episode 6 Kosmos 2452, Norms and Hostile Intent – Michael Listner of Space Law & Policy Solutions.

** March 13, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

** 28 – Don’t Sneeze in Their Mouths! | Off-Nominal

Jake and Anthony are joined by fellow space podcaster Brendan Bryne for a self-quarantine edition of the show. Jake developed a new bit for this grab bag episode with talk of Schrödinger’s Gateway, SpaceX’s DM-2, and a whole bunch more, including (obviously) COVID-19 and its impact on space. Also how Brendan’s cat almost ruined OSIRIS-REx.

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