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 September 6-12, 2020 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA programs:
  • NASA space technology faces potential budget pressure – SpaceNews
  • Report sees ways Artemis supports sustainable human Mars exploration – SpaceNews
• SLS/Orion:
  • NASA megarocket blasts past cost estimates, forces Congress notification | Space.com
• Commercial space:
  • Future of space station commercialization needs fresh ideas and continued support, panel finds | Space.com
  • Report: Future of Space Tourism – Leonard David
  • The Future of Space Tourism, Alyssa K. King, Congressional Research Service (pdf)
• Trump space:
  • New White House Space Policy Directive Addresses Cybersecurity – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Trump orders hardening of satellites against cyber treats – The Washington Post
  • Donald Trump vs Joe Biden on space issues – Florida Today
  • Would NASA Stay On Track For Mars If Trump Is Not Reelected? | Aviation Week Network
• Regulation:
  • SpaceX seeks FCC broadband funds, must prove it can deliver sub-100ms latency | Ars Technica
  • FAA Approves Rocket Lab’s Operator License for Wallops Launch Complex – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• Space law:
  • Study raises new concerns about lack of governing norms in space – SpaceNews
  • Key Governance Issues in Space – Kaitlyn Johnson, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (pdf)
  • Nebraska Virtual Space Law Week: Zoom Webinars – Nebraska College of Law
  • Outer space needs private law – The Space Review
  • Collaboration is the cornerstone of space exploration – The Space Review
  • #SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Moon missions: exciting times coming – SpaceWatch.Global
• Space traffic:
  • Pick an agency, any agency – The Space Review
  • First laser detection of space debris in daylight – ESA
  • Who gets to manage traffic in space? | Federal News Network
• US states space:
  • Business Students Partner with Space Florida to Boost Spaceport Revenues | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Michigan vies for place in space race | News Hits
  • Rocket Lab Granted FAA Launch Operator License for Missions from Launch Complex 2 – Rocket Lab
  • Rocket Lab granted FAA launch operator license for missions from Wallops – Shore Daily News
• Weather satellites:
  • NASA Signs Pact To Transport Storm Monitoring Satellite During Busy Hurricane Season – Forbes.com
• US Defense space:
  • Thinking outside the box – RCO delivers Department of the Air Force capabilities > United States Space Force
  • Lockheed Martin, York Win SDA Contracts – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Lockheed Martin enlists Tyvak and Telesat for Space Development Agency contract – SpaceNews
  • The Rise and Fall of Space Sanctuary in U.S. Policy | The Aerospace Corporation
  • Space Sanctuary – Rise and Fall in U.S. Policy – Leonard David
  • From SSA to space recon: Setting the conditions to prevail in astrodynamic combat – The Space Review
  • #SpaceWatchGL Column: ESPI Brief 43 – U.S. Defense Space Strategy – SpaceWatch.Global
• Space applications:
  • The Value of Space By Sam Wilson + Dr. Michael P. Gleason, Center for Space Policy and Strategy, The Aerospace Corporation/SatMagazine

International space

• Angola:
  • Russia to launch telecoms satellite for Angola in 2022 – SatellitePro ME
• Canada:
  • Government of Canada announces new President for the Canadian Space Agency – Canada.ca
• China:
  • Reusable spacecraft’s successful 2-day mission proves vehicle convenient, affordable – Chinadaily.com.cn
  • China hails ‘key breakthroughs’ as reusable spacecraft returns safely to Earth | South China Morning Post
  • China launches experimental spaceplane – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • DoD Report Flags China’s Space Agenda – Leonard David
  • Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2020 – Annual Report to Congress – Dept. of Defense (pdf)
  • Pentagon report: China amassing arsenal of anti-satellite weapons – SpaceNews
  • China plans to launch 12 IoT satellites next year – Xinhua
• Europe:
  • Space Café WebTalk Recap: Jean-Jacques Dordain on European Space Innovation – SpaceWatch.Global
• India:
  • Isro’s Chandrayaan-3 to lift off for Moon in early 2021, without orbiter | Business Standard News
• Israel:
  • Israel Launches Nanosatellite to Perform Groundbreaking Medical Experiments in Space – The Jewish Press
• Russia:
  • Soyuz carrier rocket’s third stage failure detected in January fixed – TASS
  • Russia Will Start Making New Soyuz-5 Rocket Next Year, Progress Space Centre’s Director Says – Sputnik International
• UK:
  • Space Hub Sutherland application submitted to Scottish Land Court | HIE

Webcasts:

** Who gets to manage traffic in space? | Federal News Network

Yogi Berra would have gotten it wrong when it comes to the space surrounding Earth. It’s gotten so popular people are still flocking there. It raises serious questions: Which federal agency should take charge of space traffic management? Congress couldn’t figure that one out. So it hired the National Academy of Public Administration. For what NAPA concluded, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to study fellow and former NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe.

** Episode 23 3 Rings of U S Commercial Space Licensing – Space Thoughts/Michael Listner, Space Law & Policy Solutions

** The Space Show – Tues. Sept.1.2020 – An open lines program included discussion of multiple topics “and there were two callers, Marshall and Ft. Worth John. Marshall reviewed the book “Space Is Open For Business” and more. John talked about physics, an online Cal Tech class he completed that might interest listeners plus he commented on the Mufon report of UFO sightings and why the US has so many sightings compared to the rest of the world.”

** Defending Earth! A Planetary Society Live Event – Planetary Society

Saving our planet from an asteroid strike is the only preventable major disaster. The Planetary Society reviews its work to help humankind prepare for and avoid this otherwise inevitable calamity. Planetary Radio host Mat Kaplan welcomes Chief Scientist Bruce Betts, Chief Advocate and Senior Space Policy Adviser Casey Dreier, and our special guest, Professor Amy Mainzer of the University of Arizona, Principal Investigator for the NEOWISE mission. This event was presented live on September 3, 2020.

** September 2, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

** September 3, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

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