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):

• Coronavirus:
  • Eastern Range Cautiously Continuing Space Ops – Air Force Magazine
  • Awards for New Technologies and Another CLPS Mission Keep NASA Humming – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • HASC Chairman: Space Force launch contracts should stay on schedule to help industrial base – SpaceNews.com
  • Pandemic pushes SpaceX GPS 3 launch to late June – SpaceNews.com
• Space resources:
  • Executive Order on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources | The White House
    • Administration Statement on Executive Order on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources – Space Council PR/Instapundit
    • New White House Executive Order: Recovery and Use of Space Resources – Leonard David
    • New Executive Order Calls for International Agreements for Space Resource Rights, But No New Treaty – SpacePolicyOnline.com
    • White House looks for international support for space resource rights – SpaceNews.com
    • Plans to seize territories of other planets harm international cooperation, says Roscosmos – TASS
    • Mining the Moon | Trump Executive Order Supports Moon Mining – Popular Mechanics
  • The Hague International Space Resources Governance Working Group Publishes New Commentary – SpaceWatch.Global
    • Building Blocks for the Development of an International Framework for the Governance of Space Resource Activities | Boom Uitgevers Den Haag
    • Building Blocks for the Development of an International Framework for the Governance of Space Resource Activities – Online digital version
• Science:
  • Dive deep into the history of planetary exploration funding | The Planetary Society
  • Astronomers Battle Space Explorers for Access to Moon’s Far Side – Scientific American
• R&D:
  • Innovative Concepts Focus on Moon Exploration – Leonard David
  • NIAC 2020 Phase I, Phase II and Phase III Selections | NASA
  • Report criticizes management of ISS National Laboratory – SpaceNews.com
  • Chairwomen Johnson and Horn Comment on Independent Review of Space Station National Laboratory R&D Management | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
• Commercial crew:
  • Boeing will refly botched Starliner test flight, setting back its hopes for sending people into space this year – The Washington Post
  • After troubled first flight, Boeing will refly Starliner without crew | Ars Technica
  • After problem-plagued test flight, Boeing will refly crew capsule without astronauts – Spaceflight Now
• NASA and commercial space:
  • New document reveals significant fall from grace for Boeing’s space program | Ars Technica
  • Update: Source Selection Statement for the Gateway Logistics Services Contract – NASA/DocDroid (pdf)
• Commercial space
  • What OneWeb’s failure tells us about space resiliency in the age of COVID-19 | Ars Technica
• Regulation:
  • Senators ask GAO to review FCC oversight of satellite constellations – SpaceNews.com
  • Swarm gains full regulatory approval to operate commercially – Swarm Technologies/Medium
• Space traffic:
  • FCC Risks Political Fire With Draft Space Junk Rules – Breaking Defense
• Space cyber-security:
  • Internal NASA memo warns of “significantly increasing” threats from coronavirus-related hacking – mic.com
  • Swinging for the Space Fence – United States Space Force
• Earth observation:
  • NOAA awards first contracts for future satellite constellation – SpaceNews.com
• Military:
  • Insight – Continued Proliferation of Global Counterspace Capabilities and Implications for Space Security – Secure World
  • US:
    • Commercial Satellite Boom Poses NatSec Risks: IDA – Breaking Defense
      • Proliferated Commercial Satellite Constellations: Implications for National Security – National Defense University Press
    • The US Space Force’s long war – The Space Force
    • Space Force: the struggle continues – The Space Review
    • Raymond: Space Force acquisition proposals are about ‘going fast’ – SpaceNews.com
    • Soon-to-be Space Force officers see opportunity for change – SpaceNews.com
• International space
  • China:
    • China suffers its second launch failure in less than a month | Ars Technica
    • China to launch last satellite for BeiDou navigation system in May – Xinhua
    • Parachutes guide China’s rocket debris safely to earth – Xinhua
  • India:
    • Finance Ministry cut off budget of ISRO due to Corona Lockdown – News Track Live
    • 4 Indian pilots training in Russia for Gaganyaan mission in self-isolation as a precautionary measure – Hindustan Times
  • Russia:
    • Russia suspends Soyuz rocket production amid coronavirus – SpaceNews.com
    • Upgraded Soyuz rocket with crew of three launched to space station – CBS News

Webcasts:

** Episode 10 Executive Order on Space Resources – Michael Listner/Space Thoughts

** Hotel Mars/The Space Show – Wed, 04/08/2020 – John Batchelor and David Livingston talk with CBS space news correspondent William Harwood about “NASA and the virus COVID-19, what NASA centers are opened or shut, how NASA is protecting the ISS, Astronauts and missions”.

** The Space Show – Tue, 04/07/2020 – Dr. Charles Limoli discussed “low dose radiation experiments and neurological cognitive issues for human spaceflight”.

** Sun, 04/05/2020 – Dennis Wingo discussed his recent essay, Finding our Purpose in Space, lunar exploration details, and benefits for investment dollars.

** April 8, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

** Gateway Logistics Services Announcement for SpaceX – NASA Kennedy Space Center

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