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:
- Commercial crew:
- Space resource & space law:
- Op-ed | A U.S. return to the moon is about preserving the rule of law – SpaceNews.com
- #SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Michael Listner On The EO’s Bottom-Up Approach To Rulemaking – SpaceWatch.Global
- #SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Elina Morozova On The Unappreciated Importance Of The Moon Agreement – SpaceWatch.Global
- #SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Guoyu Wang On Space Law Ambiguities – SpaceWatch.Global
- #SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Steven Freeland On The Importance Of The Outer Space Treaty In The EO – SpaceWatch.Global
- #SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Kai-Uwe Schrogl On The Clarity Of Existing Space Law – SpaceWatch.Global
- The World Is Not Ready for Asteroid Mining, But It Needs To Be – DSM Observer
- Congressional space:
- NASA lunar program:
- NASA commercial space:
- Regulation:
- FAA commercial space office completes reorganization – SpaceNews.com
- Orbital debris:
- Mitigating Orbital Debris in the New Space Age | Federal Communications Commission
- House Science Committee Leaders Request FCC Delay Rulemaking on Orbital Space Debris | Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- FCC urged to delay vote on new space debris regulations – SpaceNews.com
- Op-ed | The FCC’s space safety order: we all need to mitigate collision risk – SpaceNews.com
- Space traffic:
- Spectrum:
- FCC to greenlight Ligado’s 5G network despite strong pushback from the Pentagon – SpaceNews.com
- FCC Chair OKs Ligado’s Controversial 5G System; Rejects DoD GPS Claims – Breaking Defense
- Majority of FCC backs Ligado plan for broadband network: sources – Reuters
- DoD issues new rebuke of FCC’s decision to allow Ligado 5G network – SpaceNews.com
- ‘Astonishingly Misguided:’ HASC & SASC Hammer FCC Chair For Ligado 5G Approval – Breaking Defense
- FCC Must Protect GPS Network That Underpins American Economic and National Security – Aerospace Industries Assoc. (AIA)
- Space weather:
- US national security:
- Pentagon Looks to Stabilize Space Supply Chain – Air Force Magazine
- Air Force Wants More Money to Bolster Space Industry – National Defense Magazine
- AF Seeks Freedom To Shift $ Between Space Programs – Breaking Defense
- #SpaceWatchGL Column: The Mystery Of The Non-Implementation Of Task One Of The US National Space Policy – SpaceWatch.Global
- Space Force:
- Anti-satellite systems:
- Russia tests direct-ascent anti-satellite missile – United States Space Force
- Russia conducted anti-satellite missile test, says US Space Command – c4isrnet.com
- U.S. Space Command Tracking Russian ASAT Test – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Space Force hypes unspecified Russian anti-satellite test | Behind The Black
- International space
- Belarus:
- China:
- Europe:
- Japan:
- Russia:
- #SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Russia’s Military Exploitation Of Outer Space – SpaceWatch.Global
- Russia Tests ASAT: U.S. Space Force Chief Sites Hostile Acts in Space – Leonard David
- Russia Tests PL-19 Nudol Direct-Ascent ASAT System – SpaceWatch.Global
- Roscosmos cuts prices for its launching services by nearly 40%, despite sanctions – TASS
- Roscosmos has questions about economic aspects of Musk’s rockets – TASS
- Russia Wary Of Space Privatisation After Trump Executive Order, But Willing To Talk – SpaceWatch.Global
- US Rocketry Chief Offers Novel Explanation for Why America Continues to Buy Russia’s RD-180 Engines – Sputnik International
- Russian space industry works ‘rhythmically’ amid pandemic — federal space agency CEO – TASS
- Switzerland:
- UAE:
- UK:
Webcasts:
** Episode 11 Russian DA-ASAT Test – Michael Listner
** Rise of the Space Age Millennials with Laura Forczyk – Weekly Space Hangout: April 15, 2020
This week we are please to welcome Laura Forczyk to the Weekly Space Hangout. Laura is the owner of space consulting firm Astralytical specializing in space science, industry, and policy, and offering space career coaching services. In January 2020, her new book Rise of the Space Age Millennials was published in which she explores how millennials working or studying to work in the space sector feel about space: priorities, opinions, goals, and motivations. It also looks at how the generations may differ and how that may effect future space priorities and missions. Laura is a NASA Subject Matter Expert for planetary science missions. She serves on the advisory boards for the Lifeboat Foundation and the Society of Women in Space Exploration. She serves as a mentor for the Brooke Owens Fellowship program. She is the author of Rise of the Space Age Millennials.
** E6 – Space Flight Safety (with Josef Koller and George Nield) on Vimeo –
** E4 – Expiration of New START and U.S. Space Forces (with Michael Gleason) on Vimeo
** The Space Show – Tue, 04/14/2020 – Robert Line spoke about “space and the US post Covid-19. Robert presented his ideas based on his analysis and methodology”.
** April 15, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black
** April 17, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black
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