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:
  • NASA advisers skeptical of agency’s ability to meet 2024 lunar landing goal – SpaceNews.com
  • A 2024 Moon landing may sound crazy, but NASA is giving its best shot | Ars Technica
  • NASA refines plans for launching Gateway and other Artemis elements – SpaceNews.com
  • NASA Advisors Worry Agency is Spinning Its Wheels on Artemis – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • HEO Committee Outlines TDRS Replacement, Improved Artemis Testing – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • The Elephant in the Room — Can NASA Get Astronauts on the Moon by 2024? – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Toward a brighter future: Continuity of the Artemis program – The Space Review
  • NASA official on how lunar landers will be developed by 2024 – HoustonChronicle.com
• Space cooperation agreements:
  • NASA Artemis Accords
  • NASA creates Artemis Accords in effort to extend its values to the Moon | Ars Technica
  • NASA announces Artemis Accords for international cooperation in lunar exploration – SpaceNews.com
• NASA human spaceflight:
  • How NASA Certifies New Spacecraft Safe Enough for Humans | WIRED
  • NASA Completes Negotiations for Additional Soyuz Seat in Fall – Space Station/NASA
  • NASA, Roscosmos Agree on One More Soyuz Seat – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• Commercial space
  • Op-ed | What the government should or should not do to help space industry – SpaceNews.com
  • Reps. Posey & Crist Introduce Bipartisan Space Launch Legislation to Keep America First in Space | Congressman Bill Posey :: Representing the 8th District of Florida
  • No Checkered Flag Yet, But Commercial Crew Getting Closer to Finish Line – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• SLS/Orion:
  • Space Launch System rocket now targeted for a late 2021 launch | Ars Technica
  • First SLS launch now expected in late 2021 – SpaceNews.com
• Coronavirus:
  • Stennis roars back to life after COVID-19 layoff | WWL
  • Reinvigorating NASA’s lunar exploration plans after the pandemic – The Space Review
•  Spectrum:
  • Intelsat declares bankruptcy as means to fund C-band spectrum clearing – SpaceNews.com
  • ABS, Hispasat and Arsat sue FCC over C-band auction – SpaceNews.com
• American spaceports:
  • Camden signs spaceport memorandum – The Brunswick News
• Planetary protection:
  • Planetary Protection Report Flags Commercial, Private Group Exploration – Leonard David
  • Independent Process Needed For Setting Planetary Protection Policy – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• US national security:
  • Space transport:
    • The launch showdown – The Space Review
    • X-37B Space Plane: Ready for New Mission – Leonard David
  • Defense and commercial space:
    • Capella to supply U.S. Navy with airborne imagery – SpaceNews.com
    • SpaceX could fill the US military’s Arctic communications gap by the end of this year – c4isrnet
    • A bankrupt OneWeb and other troubled space startups could get some help from the Defense Department – Defense News
    • Space Force vice commander: China can’t be allowed to buy bankrupt U.S. space companies – SpaceNews.com
    • National security space conference to propose plan to boost industrial base – SpaceNews.com
    • Pentagon keeping an eye on space industry bankruptcies but no actions planned yet – SpaceNews.com
  • Smallsat constellations:
    • DARPA set to launch first Blackjack satellite later this year – c4isrnet
  • Space Force:
    • Space Force to begin specialized warfare training for new officers – SpaceNews.com
    • Space Force, Services Struggle To Define Mission Boundaries – Breaking Defense

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International space

• Canada:
  • NEOSSat findings influence Space Situational Awareness procurement – SpaceQ
  • CSA preparing for Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program Science Instruments AO – SpaceQ
• China:
  • An out-of-control Chinese rocket may have dumped debris in Africa after falling from space – The Verge
  • Large chunks of a Chinese rocket missed New York City by about 15 minutes | Ars Technica
  • China’s commercial satellite sector sees boost from ‘new infrastructure’ policy – SpaceNews.com
  • China to complete BeiDou system with launch of final satellite next month – Xinhua
  • Report: China’s Role in Space – Strategic Risk for the U.S. – Leonard David
    • China’s Space and Counterspace Activities – U.S.-China: Economic and Security Review Commission
    • China’s Space and Counterspace Activities – USCC – May 2020 (pdf)
• Europe:
  • Lunar Delivery: Europe’s Large Logistics Lander – Leonard David
  • Laser-powered rover to explore Moon’s dark shadows – ESA
• Iran:
  • #SpaceWatchGL Perspectives On Iran’s Satellite Launch: Afshon Ostovar On The IRGC’s Space Role – SpaceWatch.Global
  • #SpaceWatchGL Perspectives On Iran’s Satellite Launch: Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi’s View On The Political Implications – SpaceWatch.Global
  • #SpaceWatchGL Perspectives On Iran’s Satellite Launch: Fabian Hinz On The Qased Satellite Launch Vehicle – SpaceWatch.Global
  • #SpaceWatchGL Perspectives On Iran’s Satellite Launch: Tal Inbar On The Israeli Reaction – SpaceWatch.Global
  • #SpaceWatchGL Perspectives On Iran’s Satellite Launch: Mahsa Rouhi On The IRGC’s Quest For Space And Political Power – SpaceWatch.Global
  • IRGC Space Command Chief Says Iran Plans To Put A Satellite In Geostationary Orbit – SpaceWatch.Global
• Myanmar:
  • Myanmar To Build Two Earth Observation Satellites With Japanese Assistance – SpaceWatch.Global
• Pakistan:
  • The Rocket & Satellite Company, Pakistan’s First Private Space Company, Is Ready To Launch – SpaceWatch.Global
• Russia:
  • Roscosmos says signed contract with NASA on Soyuz seat for US astronaut – TASS
• UAE:
  • UAE to select next astronauts in January – SpaceNews.com

Webcasts:

** 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 talked about “Executive Order on space resources, The Artemis Project, returning to the Moon, NIAC Phase 1 study, Colorado School of Mines Space Resources program”:

** Hotel Mars/John Batchelor Show – Wed. 05/13/2020 – John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston spoke with Dr. Jim Logan about “telemedicine history which he helped pioneer with astronauts, Apollo, and the ISS. We talked about how that telemedicine space history happened, then its growing acceptance in the mainstream, especially due to the pandemic.”

** Strategic Foresight Panel on Possibilities of Future Space Enterprise (with Kara Cunzeman, Jake Sotiriadis, Josh Kerbel) – Aerospace CSPS on Vimeo

** Japan’s Gradual Shift Towards Space Security (paper release event with Sam Wilson and Frank Rose) – Aerospace CSPS on Vimeo

** Space Policy Edition Live! With Casey Dreier and host Mat Kaplan – The Planetary Society

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

** May 12, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

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