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 29-December 5, 2020 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Reducing Space Threats: A Resolution – Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 3:00 PM – Online event sponsored by the Space Court Foundation
• Biden space:
  • Biden Administration Space Policy Promising but Flawed | National Review
  • Opinion | To lead in space, America must lead in space collaboration – POLITICO
• NASA programs:
  • For Scientists, NASA Missions Are Like Generation Ships – Air & Space Magazine
• Congressional space:
  • Enter the “Pace Race” – China Moon Launch: Risk the Chinese Communist Party Poses to American International Leadership – Lucas Warns of Risk Posed by Chinese Launch to the Moon – LeonardDavid.com
• Space benefits:
  • Noah’s Spaceship – Scientific American
• Commercial space:
  • CSF Names New President: Karina Drees, former CEO & GM of Mojave Air & Space, to Join CSF – Commercial Spaceflight Federation
  • Space is outgrowing its billionaires – Axios
• Regulation:
  • FAA posts new SpaceX environmental records for Starship site in Texas – Business Insider
  • SpaceX Texas Launch Site Environmental Impact Statement – FAA – Includes links to several docs dealing with the SpaceX Boca Chica Beach facility.
  • FCC Further Streamlines Satellite Rules for Space and Earth Stations | Federal Communications Commission – FCC
  • Human Spaceflight Safety: Regulatory Issues and Mitigating Concepts, Josef Koller and George Nield – Space Agenda 2021 (pdf)
• Space law:
  • Space Café WebTalk Recap: Prof. Steven Freeland on The Multifaceted Nature of Space and the Role / Rule of Law – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Moon Mining: Conflicts Flagged – LeonardDavid.com
  • Opinion | To boldly go … responsibly – POLITICO
• Space traffic:
  • ESA and ClearSpace SA sign contract for world’s first debris removal mission – ESA
  • Europe signs $102M deal to bring space trash home – ABC News
  • India’s Cartosat-2F, Russia’s Kanopus-V satellites barely miss collision | Business Standard News
  • Launchspace Technologies proposes debris mitigation and collection constellations – SpaceNews
• Spectrum:
  • FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to leave agency in January – SpaceNews
• US states space:
  • Audit details lack of oversight at New Mexico’s Spaceport America – KVIA
• US Defense space:
  • Launch:
    • The space weather experts who give the go-ahead on when to launch and avoid disaster – Washington Examiner
  • In call with troops, Trump basks in Space Force achievement – SpaceNews
  • SES to provide satellite connectivity for U.S. military ‘internet of things’ – SpaceNews
  • Lucas Warns of Risk Posed by Chinese Launch to the Moon – House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
  • Chief of Space Operations Discusses Need for Outreach to Partners, State of Space Force – Defense Department News
  • Air Force Academy Looks to Become a Place for Space – Air Force Magazine
  • To boost its military space business, Lockheed Martin turns to commercial players – SpaceNews
  • Leveraging Commercial Developments for National Security Space Acquisition, Jamie Morin and Robert Wilson -Space Agenda 2021 (pdf)
  • Strategic Foresight: Addressing Uncertainty in Long-Term Strategic Planning, Kara Cunzeman and Robin Dickey -Space Agenda 2021(pdf)

International space

• Australia:
  • South Australian space strategy reveals plans for food production in space – Xinhua
  • Gilmour Space and Northrop Grumman sign MoU to Grow Sovereign Capabilities in Australia – Gilmour Space
• Bhutan-1:
  • Bhutan-1 is just a beginning – Kuensel Online
• Canada:
  • Canada developing lunar rover and science payloads – SpaceNews
  • Telesat and Loral to form Canadian public company – SpaceNews
• China:
  • China’s Chang’e-5: Ready for Moon Landing – Leonard David
  • China’s Chang’e-5 probe prepares to land on moon – Xinhua
  • China’s daring mission to grab Moon rocks is under way –  Nature
  • China launches world’s first lunar sample return mission since 1976 – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • Commentary: China ready to share fruits of lunar exploration – Xinhua
  • China Plans Moon Research Station – Leonard David
  • #SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Launching Into the New Decade – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Future [lunar mission] probes already mapped out by administration – ecns.cn
  • The U.S.-China split in space – Axios
  • BeiDou navigation base in south China targets services in ASEAN – Xinhua
  • China plans to launch new space science satellites – Xinhua
  • Mighty Long March 9 carrier rocket set to debut in 2030 – China Daily
  • China pushes ahead with super-heavy-lift Long March 9 – SpaceNews
• Europe
  • Vega: full support for the return to flight activities from Italian and French institutions | Avio
  • GMV Wins Pole Position in Development and Implementation of the Galileo Second Generation Ground Segment- GMV
  • How can space improve urban planning? – ESA
  • ArianeWorks on European reusable rocket prototype Themis – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Europe signs $102M deal to bring space trash home – ABC News
• Germany:
  • Germany to become the first foreign military buyer of U.S. jam-resistant GPS receivers – SpaceNews
• India:
  • The Chinese space programme marches ahead: Implications for India | ORF
  • Two Malayalees likely to lead Indian space – Kerala Kaumudi Online
  • Isro’s Cartosat-2F comes ‘dangerously close’ to Russian satellite in space, collision averted – India Today
• Israel:
  • Israel ventures into space, for the second time – Al-Monitor.com
• Italy:
  • Vega: full support for the return to flight activities from Italian and French institutions | Avio
• Japan:
  • Japan’s new H3 launcher delayed by rocket engine component issues – SpaceNews
•  Russia:
  • Angara heavy rocket to be launched in December – Russian space chief – TASS
  • Roscosmos Chief Confirms Detection of Faulty Detail in Russia’s Soyuz Rocket in Kourou – Sputnik International
  • Proposed New Russian Space Station Will Be Able to Monitor the Entire World – Sputnik International
  • Russia should look again at terms of ISS participation – space industry official | Reuters
  • Russia may commence deployment of its orbital station after 2024 – TASS
  • Russian space agency set to begin discussing ISS lifespan with NASA in early 2021 – TASS
  • Russia’s Energia Corporation Suggests Building National Space Station – Sputnik International
  • Russian latest telecoms system to quadruple orbital outpost’s radio visibility – TASS
• Spain:
  • Spanish Science Minister Calls for Better Regulation of Private Space Activities – Sputnik International
• UAE
  • Hope, the UAE’s first interplanetary mission, has its eye on bonus science on way to Mars | Space.com
  • Emirates Mars Mission launches seventh edition of programme for undergraduates – SatellitePro ME
• UK:
  • UK and Scotland to fund Ayrshire space center and launch site – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Billionaire landowner invests in Shetland space port – BBC News
  • UK-built rover landing on Martian surface moves one giant fall closer – GOV.UK
  • AstroAgency and Scottish Space Leadership Council Secure Space Agency Funding – AstroAgency

Webcasts:

** Space Café Podcast Episode 016 Featuring Pamela Melroy … – SpaceWatch.Global

It is not easy to summarize Pamela Melroy in a few lines. No matter what she gets in touch with, she is most likely one of the best at it. One of the highlights was certainly one of the most daring outdoor missions that any human being has ever done on the International Space Station ISS. Now she looks back on one of the most exciting careers ever and has exciting messages for the future of space travel.

**Dongfang China Aerospace News Roundup – 23 Nov – 29 Nov 2020 – SpaceWatch.Global

1) Chang’e-5 Lunar Return Mission …
2) China Satcom replacing older broadcast satellites …
3) The Trump Administration could blacklist 89 companies with “military ties” …
4) CASIC Methalox Engine …
5) World 5G Convention in Guangzhou …

** Dongfang China Aerospace News Roundup – 16 Nov – 22 Nov 2020 – SpaceWatch.Global

ChinaSat-16 5G Test…
Launch of Tiantong-1 02 …
Galaxy Space Funding Round …
Appearance of Shandong Space …
Our “Only in China” News of the Week: …

** Eric Felt – What’s New At The AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate? – Cold Star Technologies

Col. Eric Felt is the Director at Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate. He is also one of 49 Air Force Research Lab, Phillips Research Site officers selected to join the United States Space Force. With host Jason Kanigan on the Cold Star Project, Col. Felt discusses: – Regarding the State of the Space Industry 2020 Report that you were one of the four main signatories of, what were your biggest takeaways from both the process of developing this report and the concluding product? How would you recommend space industry folks (civilians included) make use of it? – What is the focus of the Space Vehicles Directorate; what do you believe are the necessary elements to a plan for keeping American capabilities and effectiveness ahead of our geopolitical opponents?

** Official launch of the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC) –Luxembourg Space Agency

Watch our video «Driving the future of Space Exploration» to see what is planned and how space resources will be used to make space exploration missions possible and viable.

https://youtu.be/CSdaWvDwL-Y

** The Space Show – Sunday, Nov.29, 2020 – Open lines program with Dr. David Livingston leading a discussion with callers on a wide range of space topics.

** The Space Show – Tuesday, Nov.24.2020 – Douglas Messier discussed “space in 2020 plus a look ahead for space 2021. All the key events and not so key events were examined.”

** November 20, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind the Black

** November 25, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast

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