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:
- Space industry executive calls on Biden to keep the National Space Council – SpaceNews
- Space Florida: Few Changes to NASA Expected Under Biden – MyNews13.com
- Joe Biden poised to bolster Donald Trump’s Space Force – Washington Times
- A possible Biden space agenda – The Space Review
- Space challenges for President Biden: Four issues for the next four years – SpaceNews
- Here’s What Biden Should Prioritize at NASA – Gizmodo.com
- Biden-Harris Space Policy: Building on the Space Force and Artemis – SpaceWatch.Global
- A Moon Rock in the Oval Office As Biden Appointees Arrive at NASA – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- A moon rock in the Oval Office: President Joe Biden’s lunar display | collectSPACE
- Trump space:
- Comparing the 2010 and 2020 National Space Policies – The Space Review
- Outgoing NASA chief Jim Bridenstine calls for unity in space exploration pursuits | Space
- ‘This was the job of a lifetime,’ NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine steps down – WAAYTV.com
- Bridenstine, departing NASA, hopes Artemis continues – SpaceNews
- Jim Bridenstine was a transformative NASA administrator – Washington Examiner
- Trump Administration Still Has More To Say About Space Policy–Property Rights and Orbital Debris – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- SLS/Orion:
- Green Run, yellow light – The Space Review
- SLS Green Run static fire cut short by “intentionally conservative” test limits – SpaceNews
- NASA likely to redo hot-fire test of its Space Launch System core stage | Ars Technica
- NASA Mulls A New Deep-Space Rocket Test Despite Technical Concerns – WSJ
- NASA demonstrates why rocket science is still hard with the SLS test | TheHill
- NASA programs:
- Commercial space:
- ISS:
- Regulation/Spectrum:
- Space traffic & environment issues:
- US states space:
- Florida’s Space Coast the Number 1 Launch Site in the World in 2020 – VisitSpaceCoast.com/PRWeb
- How a wave of consolidation shows Colorado companies leading a shifting aerospace industry – Denver Business Journal
- The sky’s the limit: Space Coast expects another strong year of launches in 2021 – Orlando Sentinel
- US Defense space:
- GPS:
- Biden military space:
- Hyten: U.S. Space Force is ‘on solid ground’ despite speculation – SpaceNews
- Joe Biden poised to bolster Donald Trump’s Space Force – Washington Times
- Austin Signals Shift Back To Focus On Space Resilience – Breaking Defense
- Biden’s Defense nominee embraces view of space as a domain of war – SpaceNews
- Policy experts named for DoD space, missile defense posts – SpaceNews
- Air Force Academy to produce more officers for Space Force – SpaceNews
- A review of space strategy worldviews (part 1): 2011 National Security Space Strategy – The Space Review
- US Space Policies for the New Space Age – Competing on the Final Economic Frontier – New Space New Mexico (pdf)
- Space Force Receives Fifth SBIRS Satellite – National Defense Magazine
International space
- Africa:
- China:
- How Space Became the Next ‘Great Power’ Contest Between the U.S. and China – The New York Times
- Op-ed | For China, space is both substance and symbol – SpaceNews
- China’s surging private space industry is out to challenge the US | MIT Technology Review
- The US and China Must Cooperate in Space by Anne-Marie Slaughter & Emily Lawrence – Project Syndicate
- China kicks off a busy 2021 in space with communications satellite launch | Space.com
- China’s space programme plans to launch first mission to the sun next year | South China Morning Post
- China’s first solar probe to be lofted in 2022 – Xinhua
- Europe
- India:
- Israel:
- Russia:
- South Africa:
- UK:
Webcasts:
** China Aero & Space Weekly News Round-Up – Episode 17 (18th – 24th Jan. 2021) – Dongfang Hour – YouTube
1) CASIC Announced Some New Details on their Satellite Factory
2) Announcement of the (mysterious?) Tianxun IoT constellation
3) Jiuzhou Yunjian Announced a Round of Funding
4) Chinese Mars Rover Naming Competition
5) Secondary news of the week:
**The Space Show – Jan.22.2021 – Dr. Namrata Goswami discussed “space policy in the new administration, China and space, the Asia Pacific space nations and plans, other active space countries, private space and more“.
** The Space Show – Jan.19.2021 – Dr. Deana Weibel spoke about “Commercial space, space tourism, humanity, faith and more”.
** Speedy Space Delivery – Are We There Yet – Space – 90.7 WMFE
The new [SpaceX Dragon] cargo spacecraft is also bigger and has more power for space-based experiments — a boon for researchers conducting science on the ISS. To talk more about these new capabilities and what that means for space research we speak with Jennifer Buchli, Deputy Chief Scientist for the space station.
Then, SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon isn’t the only spacecraft opening up research opportunities for space-based science. New vehicles and more astronauts are helping bulk up the research capabilities on the orbiting lab. We’ll talk with space policy and research analyst Laura Forczyk about how the commercial sector is helping with research in space.
** Economics in space: trading and the new value of Earth : The Indicator from Planet Money – NPR
One of the most common definitions of economics is the study of the allocation of limited resources: how we use what we have, what we value, and why. There have been plenty of studies done on how economics works on earth. But what about in space?
We talk to NASA astronaut Doug “Wheels” Wheelock, who explains how the principles of economics guided trades of goods and services on the International Space Station. He also describes how his experiences changed how he values things often taken for granted on Earth, like birds, wind, and the rain.
** January 21, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast
** January 20, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast
** Kellie Gerardi on the future of spaceflight – BBC Sky at Night Magazine
US space industry professional Kellie Gerardi discusses the trials and tribulations of human spaceflight, the prospect of space tourism and the challenges of putting humans on the Moon and Mars.
** Space Café WebTalk – Martin Coleman – 15. December 2020 – spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube
In this week’s Space Cafè WebTalk, Martin Coleman, Member of the Advisory Board at Satcoms Innovation Group, United Kingdom talked about 2020 vision on Space Debris.
Martin Colman talked about the importance of data sharing in the Space Situational Awareness context. He addressed the Space Debris issue from the data site and will share his vision on the current situation in space 2020.
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