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:
- Artemis:
- NASA Publishes Artemis Plan to Land First Woman, Next Man on Moon | NASA
- Where will Artemis 3 land? And when? – The Space Review
- How the Artemis moon mission could help get us to Mars – MIT Technology Review
- Partners:
- Funding:
- Senate Hearing Offers No Hints on Prospect for Artemis Funding – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Bridenstine Optimistic About Full HLS Funding – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Full funding required for planned 2024 moon landing, NASA chief says – CBS News
- NASA makes push for full funding of Artemis human lunar lander program – SpaceNews
- Time is running out to fund NASA’s 2024 Artemis moonshot – Florida Today
- Space benefits:
- Commercial space:
- Planetary science:
- Space law:
- Space traffic:
- 18 SPCS now predicts debris-on-debris collisions in space, enhancing Space Domain Awareness for all – Vandenberg Air Force Base
- “Space 2.0” and the problem of orbital debris – OpenAccessGovernment.org
- U.S. Space Command announces improvements in space debris tracking – SpaceNews
- Astronauts take shelter as space station dodges orbital junk | Space.com
- US states space:
- Planetary defense:
- US Defense space:
- NASA, Space Force Sign MOU For Future Collaboration – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Launch:
- NGA building ‘huge appetite’ for commercial geoint – SpaceNews
- Hyten: Space Force has a limited time window to define its future – SpaceNews
- Space Force says it has a plan to fix gaps in weather data – SpaceNews
- SpaceX’s Starlink satellites could make US Army navigation hard to jam | MIT Technology Review
International space
- Australia:
- Canada:
- Europe:
- India:
- Italy:
- Japan:
- Russia:
- Switzerland:
- UAE
- UAE aims to boost $6bn space investments with new missions – Arabianbusiness
- UAE set for more space missions over next decade, says Sheikh Mohammed – The National
- UAE’s space agency cooperates with NASA on astronaut training – SpaceWatch.Global
- The day the UAE sent its first astronaut to space – The National
- UAE maps a new frontier in space training – GulfToday
- UAE’s ambitious space plans map new frontiers – GulfToday
- UK:
- Government to explore new ways of delivering ‘sat nav’ for the UK – GOV.UK
- Inside the battle to build a British version of the Galileo satellite system – Telegraph
- U.K. to revise strategy for satellite navigation system – SpaceNews
- London to revisit plans for a British satellite navigation system, UK press reports – SpaceWatch.Global
Webcasts:
** The Space Show – Sun. Sept.27.2020 – Dr. Keith Crane talked about space economics and the Institute for Defense Analysis report, Measuring the Space Economy: Estimating the Value of Economic Activities in and for Space.
** E34 – Satellite Spectrum – Regulation and Management of a Finite Resource (w Karen Jones and Tom Stroup) – Aerospace Corp – Center for Space Policy & Strategy (CSPS}
** The Space Show – Tues. Sept.22.2020 – Dr. Les Johnson talked about “solar sails, propulsion, interstellar flight, human spaceflight and his edited book, Stellaris: People of the Stars
** NASA Administrator Discusses Collaboration with US Space Force – NASA
The Mitchell Institute hosted the Space Power Forum with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and Chief of Space Operations General Jay Raymond on Tuesday, September 22. The space domain is as vitally important to U.S. defense as it is to its scientific and commercial interests, and the establishment of the U.S. Space Force (USSF) raises big questions with implications for all. This conversation with the leaders of NASA and the USSF explored how they intend to collaboratively tackle shared challenges in space, their respective mission requirements, and opportunities to leverage commercial capabilities and innovation.
** The Space Economy with Dr. Sandy Magnus – 7Investing
In this exclusive interview with 7investing, Dr. Magnus shares her thoughts about the new “space economy”. She also discusses what technologies will be most-needed for off-world colonization and describes several things that people interested in this space should have on their radar.
** September 23, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black
** September 25, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind the Black
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