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:
- Biden space:
- What’s the post-election outlook for NASA and planetary exploration? – The Planetary Society
- Rep. Kendra Horn is ‘open to serving’ in a Biden administration – POLITICO
- US Space Force Likely to Survive in Biden Administration, Experts Say | Military.com
- President-elect Biden names 8-person NASA transition team | Space.com
- A Biden Presidency Might Slow the U.S. in the Space Race | Time
- NASA programs:
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts Headed to International Space Station | NASA
- NASA officials hope to fly Russian cosmonaut on Crew Dragon next year – Spaceflight Now
- Report: NASA’s Culture of Optimism – Challenges Ahead – Leonard David
- Outside Experts Want NASA To Delay Schedule, Increase Cost Estimate for Mars Sample Return – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Independent panel recommends delaying Mars Sample Return missions – SpaceNews
- Why NASA wants to put a nuclear power plant on the moon – NASA
- Lunar programs:
- NASA IG: Gateway Not Likely to Be Ready by 2024 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Senate Appropriators Approve Far Less for HLS Than Needed to Meet 2024 Goal – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Changing NASA requirements caused cost and schedule problems for Gateway – SpaceNews
- Op-ed | To get to Mars, first develop the moon – SpaceNews
- Congressional space:
- Senate Appropriators Approve Far Less for HLS Than Needed to Meet 2024 Goal – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Office of Space Commerce Gets Boost from Senate, But Will Remain in NOAA – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Senate Appropriators Evaluating Need to Change Law on Space Passenger Safety – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Rep. Doug Lamborn: U.S. needs plan to develop workforce for growing space sector – SpaceNews
- Space politics:
- Commercial space:
- NASA ushering in new era with first operational launch of SpaceX Crew Dragon carrying 4 astronauts – CBS News
- With Resilience, NASA & SpaceX begin operational Commercial Crew flights – NASASpaceFlight.com
- Northrop Grumman Awarded Additional Cargo Resupply Missions to the International Space Station | Northrop Grumman
- Why do we need NASA when we have SpaceX? | The Planetary Society
- Ex-Im reviewing nearly $2 billion in applications for space industry projects – SpaceNews
- Planetary protection:
- ISS:
- Space law:
- Elon Musk Mars Plan Does Not Violate International Law – National Review
- Space Café Podcast Episode 015 Featuring Simonetta Di Pippo Is Now Available – SpaceWatch.Global – Di Pippo is director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
- Gaming out what a realistic independence movement – Space lawyer Gabriel Swiney – Thread Reader App
- Ukraine signs NASA Artemis Agreement to study Moon, Mars, comets, and asteroids – 112.international
- #SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Forty Years of Negotiations on PAROS: Outcomes and New Challenges – SpaceWatch.Global
- Spectrum:
- US states space:
- US Defense space:
International space
- Multi-national issues:
- Australia:
- Canada:
- China:
- Europe
- Germany:
- India:
- Indonesia:
- Japan:
- Norway:
- Russia:
- UAE
- Ukraine:
Webcasts:
** Episode 26 Salvage in Outer Space Part I – Michael Listner/Space Law & Policy Solutions – Space Thoughts – YouTube
The links to the two articles I referenced on the video: Taking salvage in outer space from fiction to fact: https://www.thespacereview.com/articl… Semantics in lexicon: Moving away from the term “salvage” in outer space : https://www.thespacereview.com/articl…
** Dongfang China Aerospace News Roundup 9 Nov – 15 Nov 2020 – SpaceWatch.Global
Hello and welcome to episode 7 of the Dongfang Hour China Aero/Space News Roundup, covering the period of November 9 to 15! This week, we bring you the launch of a Long March 6 carrying some very interesting payloads, APT Satellite ordering a new GEO HTS satellite from CGWIC, and also some activity happening among Chinese LV manufacturers.
** The Space Show – Friday, Nov.13.2020 – Dr. David Carrier talked about “about his experiences training the Apollo astronauts for being on the lunar surface. His new book, Apollo Memories
** The Space Show – Sunday, Nov.15.2020 – Dr. Michael Schmidt discussed his new paper published in the NewSpace Journal, “Why Personalized Medicine Is the Frontier of Medicine and Performance for Humans in Space“.
** Marcia Smith on U.S. space policy after the election – SpaceQ
On this weeks episode of the Space Economy podcast my guest is Marcia Smith the founder of Space Policy Online.
Marcia’s career includes being the Executive Director of the U.S. National Commission on Space, a Senior Level Specialist in Aerospace and Telecommunications Policy at the Congressional Research Service, and a Director of the Space Studies Board at the National Research Council. While Marcia likes to be referred to as a space policy analyst, and downplays her career, she is an expert in space policy, and I’m thrilled to have her on the show this week as we discuss the election and its effect on the space program.
** Moonlight: connecting Earth with the Moon – ESA
Under the agency’s “Moonlight” initiative, ESA is exploring with industry the necessary technical solutions along with delivery models for the provision of lunar telecommunication and navigation services.
** NASA, Artemis, Space Force & The Election Results – Scott Manley
** E41 – Are We Alone? (with Kara Cunzeman, Tom Heinsheimer, Henry Helvajian) – Aerospace Corp – Center for Space Policy & Strategy (CSPS)
** November 11, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast
** November 13, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast
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