Space policy roundup – May.11.2020 | Space-for-All at HobbySpace

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 May 10-16, 2020 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
NASA programs:
- Columnist: Get rid of NASA’s bloated bureaucracy – Orlando Sentinel
- National Space Society Supports NASA’s New Lunar Lander Decision – National Space Society
Coronavirus:
- Colorado lawmaker going to bat for space industry in pandemic – POLITICO
- Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Chairwoman Horn Holds Bipartisan Teleconference on NASA’s Response to COVID-19 – House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
Space resource & space law:
- #SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Lunapolitics Or Lunapolitik? The Choice Is Ours – SpaceWatch.Global
Spectrum:
- HASC joins critics of FCC’s Ligado decision, FCC denounces ‘baseless fear mongering’ – SpaceNews.com
- PSSI Global Services sues FCC over C-Band order – SatellitePro ME
Space traffic:
- Earth’s Orbiting Junkyard Threatens the Space Economy – Bloomberg
American spaceports:
- FAA establishes spaceport office to support growing number of launch sites – SpaceNews.com
US national security:
- Space Force to get deeper insight into inner workings of SpaceX commercial launches – SpaceNews.com

International space

Webcasts:

** Episode 16 The Artemis Accords – Michael Listner, Space Law & Policy Solutions

** Hotel Mars/John Batchelor Show – Wed, 05/06/2020 – John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston talked with Eric Berger of Arstechnica about the “NASA awards for human lunar lander systems studies as part of the Artemis return to the Moon program”.

** The Space Show – Fri, 05/08/2020 – Dr. George Sowers of the Colorado School of Mines Space Resources Dept. discussed his latest work, space resource utilization and more.

** The Space Show – Tues, 05/05/2020 – Dr. Haym Benaroya of Rutgers talked about “Lunar return, costs, wealth building, challenges, needed technology, national policy and more.”