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 November 1-7, 2020 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA programs:
  • Every NASA Budget Request, from 1961 to Now | The Planetary Society
  • Space experts roll out policy advice as Election Day nears – SpaceNews
  • 20 Years of Science on the Space Station: Breakthroughs to Benefit Our Nation Through Space-Based Research – ISS National Lab
• Artemis:
  • ESA Formally Agrees to Gateway Partnership – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • NASA’s Artemis program must lead us back to the moon | Commentary – Orlando Sentinel
  • If we are going forward to the Moon, don’t go back to Apollo – The Space Review
  • Lunar water discovery may have limited effect on NASA exploration plans – SpaceNews
• Congressional space:
  • House Space Force Caucus co-chair voices concern about orbital debris, supports Commerce assuming debris-tracking role – SpaceNews
• SLS/Orion:
  • Software is big concern for NASA’s Boeing-built SLS moon rocket – The Washington Post
• ISS:
  • Op-ed | 20 years in space: Lessons in cooperation from the International Space Station – SpaceNews
  • International Space Station offers ‘blueprint’ for exploration, first crew says – Spaceflight Now
  • 20 Breakthroughs from 20 Years of Science aboard the ISS | NASA
• Commercial space:
  • America’s New Destiny in Space – Ground Based Space Matters
  • Space industry group pushing for change in security clearance policies – SpaceNews
  • Establish Governance and Align Security Policies and Programs to Enable U.S. National Security Space Missions – National Security Space Association (pdf)
  • 20 Years Focusing on the Commercial Development of Space – ISS National Lab
  • NASA Moon Mission: Agency Should Outsource More to Private Sector | National Review
• Space apps:
  • Aerospace Corp. calls for collaboration in space solar power – SpaceNews
• Biden space:
  • Biden’s space policy: One giant leap for climate change – POLITICO
  • Why NASA’s moonshot, Boeing, Bezos and Musk have a lot riding on U.S. election | Reuters
  • The case for NASA’S Bridenstine post-Election Day | TheHill
  • How NASA and the Space Force might fare under Biden – Axios
• Trump space:
  • Trump Wants to Go to the Moon. How Do You Market Outer Space? – AdWeek.com
  • The five biggest effects Trump has had on the US space program | MIT Technology Review
• Regulation:
  • Space industry seeks continued progress on regulatory reform – SpaceNews
• Space law:
  • The Artemis Accords take shape – The Space Review
  • From the Truman Proclamation to the Artemis Accords: steps toward establishing a bottom-up framework for governance in space – The Space Review
  • Elon Musk’s SpaceX will ‘make its own laws on Mars’ | The Independent
• Spectrum:
  • FCC earmarks up to $9 billion for rural broadband in the U.S. – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Interview | FCC Chairman Pai on RDOF, megaconstellations, debris rules and C-band auction – SpaceNews
  • FCC approves OneWeb sale as Starlink begins public beta – SpaceNews
  • FCC transfers OneWeb’s U.S. licenses and market access – SpaceWatch.Global
• Space traffic:
  • House Space Force Caucus co-chair voices concern about orbital debris, supports Commerce assuming debris-tracking role – SpaceNews
  • SpaceX executive pitches Starship for space debris cleanup – Spaceflight Now
  • NorthStar orders three satellites to collect space situational awareness data – SpaceNews
  • Launchspace to test Debris Collection payload on ISS Bartolomeo platform – SpaceNews
• Weather & remote sensing satellites:
  • NOAA and Google to apply machine learning to satellite data – SpaceNews
  • Report: Lack of government investment hurting U.S. geospatial intelligence industry – SpaceNews
  • Earth Imaging Reveals the True State of Land, Sea, and Air – Photonics Spectra
• US Defense space:
  • DOD Establishes Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy – U.S. Dept. of Defense
  • How Elon Musk Is Revolutionizing Space Force Operations (Again) – Charles Beames/Forbes
  • Space Force Vows to Defend the Final Frontier in New Recruiting Ad – Military.com
  • Barrett, Raymond highlight Space Force’s achievements, path forward – United States Space Force
  • Pentagon creates new office to oversee military space policy – SpaceNews
• US states space:
  • Colorado Partners Launch “Aerospace Alley” – Colorado Aerospace Alley

International space

• Armenia:
  • Armenian email campaign asks SpaceX not to aid Turkish regime with satellite launch – Public Radio of Armenia
• Australia:
  • Space Café WebTalk Recap Dr. Malcolm Davis on Australia’s recent space developments – SpaceWatch.Global:
• Canada:
  • Canada decides it wants to be a launching state – SpaceQ
  • Automating Robotics: CSA preparing for future with Canadarm2/Dextre – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • Consulting Canadians on a framework for future space exploration activities – CSA/Canada.ca
  • Two Canadian technologies are going to the Moon – Moon exploration news/CSA/Canada.ca
• China:
  • China plans more meteorological satellites in next five year – Chinadaily.com.cn
  • China launches three new spy satellites amid border dispute with India and tensions in the South China Sea | Business Insider India
  • China outlines architecture for future crewed moon landings – SpaceNews
• Columbia:
  • The Colombian Air Force initiates its second advanced Nanosatellite mission with GomSpace
• Europe
  • Positive signs for Europe as ESA goes forward to the Moon – ESA
  • NASA-ESA agreement a milestone in efforts to develop Artemis international partnerships – SpaceNews
  • Call for contributions: “Satellite constellations and legal/policy challenges” – ESPI – European Space Policy Institute
• India:
  • U.S. court asks ISRO’s commerical arm to pay $1.2 billion compensation to Bengaluru start-up – The Hindu
  • ISRO to launch first satellite of the year on Nov 7 – The Hindu BusinessLine
  • India and the US are expanding their space cooperation | ORF
• Russia:
  • Russia gears up for electronic warfare in space (part 1) – The Space Review
  • Crack aboard ISS could have emerged due to space station’s natural wear, says cosmonaut – TASS
  • Russia completes concept design of rocket for flights to Mars – TASS
  • Second launch of heavy Angara rocket postponed until November 28 — source – TASS
• Spain:
  • Catalonia to invest in ‘Catalan Nasa’ space agency and satellites – The Guardian
• Taiwan:
  • Taiwan shoots for the stars with its plans to create national space center | Taiwan News
•  UAE
  • Second Emirati Satellite Project Initiated – SatNews

Webcasts:

** E39 – Space QKD Tech and Policy for Muggles (with Joseph Touch and Lori Gordon) – Aerospace Corp – Center for Space Policy & Strategy (CSPS)

** Space – The Final Economic Frontier? – POLITICO

The quest for resources and other economic benefits in space is considered the new frontier in space exploration. Commercialization and public-private-sector partnerships are increasingly common. What does the future of a space economy look like and what is the U.S. role in achieving it? What policy and regulatory issues must be tackled as space commerce grows? And what obstacles and opportunities lie ahead?

Join POLITICO on Wednesday, October 28 at 1 PM ET, for a virtual, deep-dive conversation exploring the opportunities and challenges in the fast-growing space economy.

** Dongfang China Aerospace News Roundup 26 Oct – 1 Nov 2020 – SpaceWatch.Global

This week, we bring you updates on China’s Earth Observation sector, discussions on satellite 5G/6G and IoT, but first, part 2 of our summary of the 6th annual China Commercial Aerospace Forum, held in Wuhan 2 weeks ago….

** October 28, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast

** October 30, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast

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