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:
- NASA programs:
- Orion:
- NASA’s Management of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Program – NASA OIG (pdf)
- NASA’s inspector general report roasts Lockheed Martin for Orion fees | Ars Technica
- IG report: NASA’s Orion is a program of lies | Behind The Black
- NASA IG Blasts NASA for Excluding $17.5 Billion From Orion Cost Estimate – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- SLS:
- James Web Telescope:
- ISS:
- Orion:
- Congressional space:
- House Appropriators Criticize “Ominous” Shift in NASA’s Priorities – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- House spending bill rejects Office of Space Commerce funding increase – SpaceNews
- House bill restores funding for five NASA science missions – SpaceNews
- Rep. John Lewis, Space Station Savior, Passes Away – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Space law:
- Commercial human spaceflight:
- Commercial space:
- Regulation:
- U.S. government to allow sale of high-resolution commercial satellite images of Israel – SpaceNews
- SpaceX has kicked off a new FAA environmental review in hopes of soon launching Starship-Super Heavy rockets to orbit from South Texas | Business Insider India
- Feds Asked to Take Another Look at SpaceX Texas Permit – CourtHouseNews.com
- Spectrum:
- Space traffic:
- US national security:
- Launch:
- [ Update: Three companies studying “Orbital Outpost” space station concepts for Defense Department – SpaceNews]
- U.S. Air Force cadets study idea of Space Force bases on the Moon – Science/AAAS
- Enhancing space deterrence thought for nuclear threshold threats (part 3) – The Space Review
- U.S. Space Force creates acquisition command to build culture of innovation – SpaceNews
International space
- Africa:
- Canada:
- China:
- India:
- Japan:
- Russia:
- [ Update: Russia rejects joining NASA’s Artemis moon program in favor of China | TheHill]
- Rogozin Not Interested in Cooperating with U.S. on Lunar Program, Prefers China – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- More indications of the decline of Russia’s space effort | Behind The Black
- Russia’s Roscosmos to develop new Angara-A5V launch vehicle no later than 2025 – TASS
- Russian space agency launches work to develop rocket with methane propellant engine – TASS
- Russia to start designing Vostochny spaceport infrastructure for crewed launches – TASS
- UAE
- [ Update:
- UAE NASA Research Fellows program reaches tenth year – SpaceWatch.Global
- What the UAE’s Mars Hope Probe Mission means for the region, the world: Interview with Nasa space scientist Dr Farouk El Baz – Gulf News
- Artwork in historic Dubai area to celebrate Arab world’s space journey – Khaleej Times
- Hope is the UAE’s contribution to the progress of humanity | Editorials – Gulf News
- UK:
Webcasts:
** Episode 20 Legal Test for Space Debris – Michael Listner, Space Law & Policy Solutions
My 2012 article in The Space Review can be accessed here: Addressing the challenges of space debris, part 1: defining space debris
** Hotel Mars/John Batchelor Show/The Space Show – Wed. July.15.2020 – John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston spoke with Dr. Jim Bell about “Mars 2020 and the Perseverance rover. Jim is part of the project and the PI for the 3D Zoom camera project”.
** The Space Show – Tues. July.14.2020 – Dr. James Schwartz talked about his new book, The Value of Science in Space Exploration [Amazon commission link] and had “a wide ranging discussion on doing science in space as a priority over commercial, mining, resource usage and settlement”.
** Radar Tracking, Orbital Debris and a Safer Space – Constellations Podcast – YouTube
We speak with Daniel Ceperley, CEO and Co-Founder of LeoLabs Space about the growing issue of space debris. Orbital debris is a serious issue that will only get worse, but dealing with it is as much an opportunity as a challenge. Daniel explains his goal to track the 12,000 known debris objects low earth orbit by building set of advanced radars and we discuss the possibility of long-term solutions to collision avoidance. Is there a future where satellites use radar to detect other objects and avoid collision? Listen to this episode of Constellations to learn how today’s visionaries, such as Daniel Ceperley of LeoLabs, are making space safer for the rest of us.
** Space Café WebTalk Recap: Jenni Tapio on Implementing National Space Laws – SpaceWatch.Global
In this week’s Space Cafè WebTalk, Jenni Tapio, Chief Specialist in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland talked about the implementation of national space laws on the example of Finland and beyond.
She discussed the example of the Finnish Act on Space Activities. What does a national space law mean for business opportunities? She also answered relevant questions from the audience.
** July 14, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black
** July 17, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black
** E24 – Nuclear Space Systems (w Patricia Maloney and James Howe) – Aerospace CSPS (Center for Space Policy and Strategy at the Aerospace Corporation)
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