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:
- NASA lunar programs:
- Nuclear propulsion:
- Aggressive Nuclear Propulsion R&D Effort Needed To Send Humans to Mars in 2039 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Space Nuclear Propulsion for Human Mars Exploration | The National Academies Press
- Report: NASA’s only realistic path for humans on Mars is nuclear propulsion | Ars Technica
- Report recommends NASA accelerate space nuclear propulsion development – SpaceNews
- Govt. launch:
- SLS/Orion:
- Congressional space:
- NASA human spaceflight:
- Commercial space:
- Space industry investment continues to grow – SpaceNews
- The Commercial Space Age Is Here – HBR.org
- Amazon Web Services sees role as technology enabler for space industry – SpaceNews
- Investors see multiple avenues for space sector exits – SpaceNews
- SpaceX built a true commercial space line for fun, profit and a good cause | TheHill
- ISS:
- Regulation/Export Control:
- Space law:
- Space traffic & environment issues:
- US states space:
- Weather & remote sensing satellites:
- Space weather:
- US Defense space:
International space
- Asia:
- Canada:
- China:
- China’s Yutu 2 rover finds ‘milestone’ on far side of the moon | Space.com
- China’s Tianwen-1 Mars probe captures epic video of Red Planet during orbital arrival | Space.com
- China’s Tianwen-1 probe performs orbital adjustment around Mars – Xinhua
- China’s Tianwen-1 enters orbit around Mars – SpaceNews
- China Joins the Mars Club – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- China’s control center examines 52 BeiDou satellites – Xinhua
- China’s first space station module is ready for flight | Space.com
- China publishes technical requirements for key civilian BDS products – Xinhua
- #SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Insights into Space law in China – SpaceWatch.Global
- China releases video of Tianwen-1’s entry into Mars orbit – Xinhua
- Europe
- India:
- India Launched 328 Satellites From 33 Countries So Far: Union Minister – NDTV.com
- Gaganyaan: Human spaceflight after 2nd unmanned mission in 2023, says govt | Business Standard News
- ISRO’s first manned-mission Gaganyaan: Boeing responds to EoI for critical elements – The Financial Express
- Isro plans new propulsion for deep space missions – Times of India
- New Satellite To Carry Bhagavad Gita, PM Modi’s Photo, 25000 Citizens Given Boarding Pass – OutlookIndia.com
- ISRO opens doors to two space start-ups for testing satellites | Indian Television Dot Com
- ISRO Announces ‘Bhuvan’, A Desi Alternative To Google Maps – OutlookIndia.com
- Isro tests satellites developed by private sector for the first time | Hindustan Times
- New Zealand:
- Portugal:
- Russia:
- Russian Progress cargo ship launched into orbit to deliver cover plates to seal lSS leak – TASS
- NASA seeks seat on April Soyuz mission to ISS – SpaceNews
- NASA eyes obtaining additional Soyuz seat for its astronaut this spring – TASS
- Space Café WebTalk Recap: Elina Morozova on the 50th Anniversary of Intersputnik – SpaceWatch.Global
- Saudi Arabia:
- South Africa:
- Turkey:
- Erdoğan unveils 10-year Turkish space programme – The Guardian
- Turkey to land on the moon by 2023: Erdoğan | Daily Sabah
- Turkey eyes spot as major space economy – aa.com.tr
- ‘Going to the moon’: Turkey unveils landmark space program | Daily Sabah
- Turkish astronaut will be able to fly aboard Russia’s Soyuz – TASS
- UAE
- UK:
- One small step towards spaceflight in the UK as government publishes environmental guidance – GOV.UK
- Shetland’s plans to host UK’s first vertical satellite launch achieve ‘significant milestone’ | The Shetland Times Ltd
- British military’s space campaign picks up steam with ‘Skynet’ upgrade – C4ISRNET.com
- Virgin project could hand Brexit Britain hundreds of jobs in ‘huge opportunity’ – Express.co.uk
Webcasts:
** iSpace Fails Launch, Tianwen-1 First Image of Mars & News of OneSpace – Weekly News Round-Up Ep. 19 – Dongfang Hour
1) iSpace Fails in the Second Launch of the Hyperbola-1 …
2) Beijing Adds Satellite Internet to its Priorities for 2021 …
3) OneSpace Completes Successful Reentry Test Launch …
4) Tianwen-1 sends back its first image of Mars …
See also Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 1 – 7 Feb 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global .
** Planetary Protection (live public talk) – NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Protecting the Earth from the universe… and the universe from Earth. We chat with Moogega Cooper (Perseverance Mars Rover, Europa Clipper) about preventing contamination during missions around the solar system, making sure they don’t bring anything dangerous back with them and we don’t take life with us as we search for life beyond Earth. Host: Brian White, Public Services Office, NASA/JPL Co-Host: Nikki Wyrick, Public Services Office, NASA/JPL Speaker(s): Dr. Moogega Cooper, Planetary Protection Lead, Mars 2020, NASA/JPL
** Space Café WebTalk – Elodie Viau – 19. January 2021 – spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube
In this week’s Space Cafè WebTalk, Elodie Viau, Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications (D/TIA), and Head of ECSAT, at the European Space Agency in Harwell, UK, talked about the new telecommunication outlook of her directorate.
Elodie Viau shared an outlook of telecommunication and space solutions projects of ESA in 2021. Not limited to that she talked about the financing models, public-private-partnerships, broadband constellations and how space will generate innovative solutions for citizens and the digital economy.
** Atul Vashistha – How Does the Defense Business Board Influence US Department of Defense? CSP S04E03 – Cold Star Technologies – YouTube
Atul Vashistha, globalization & outsourcing author and business founder, is on the Cold Star Project to explain how the Defense Business Board works. With considerable experience on the board, serving three presidents, Atul offers the perspective of vice chair and having managed board task forces. Host Jason Kanigan asks Atul to detail the process by which the Defense Business Board learns what its client the US Department of Defense wants, and develops its response as a report. View the slides Atul referred to: https://coldstarproject.com/vashistha… Defense Business Board example study referenced in our discussion: https://dbb.defense.gov/Portals/35/Do… Supply Wisdom website: https://www.supplywisdom.com/ Atul Vashistha’s Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Atul-Vashistha…
** February 10, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast
** February 12, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast
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