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 science programs:
- NASA programs:
- NASA human spaceflight:
- ISS:
- SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule swaps docking ports on space station – Spaceflight Now
- Resilience successfully moves from one ISS docking port to another – Behind the Black
- More Potential Air Leak Locations Found at International Space Station, Source Says – Sputnik International
- Busy month of crew rotations on tap at International Space Station – Spaceflight Now
- Commercial space stations:
- Commercial space:
- Bernie Sanders goes after Elon Musk for wanting to explore space | TheHill
- Human spaceflight:
- Constellations
- Space apps:
- Regulation – spectrum, export control, launch, etc:
- FCC proposes to allocate spectrum for commercial launches – SpaceNews
- FCC mulls setting aside spectrum for space launches – FierceWireless
- Intelsat’s 2020 revenue drop highlights C-band clearing importance – SpaceNews
- Congress raises concerns about FAA’s handling of Starship launch license violation – SpaceNews
- U.S. House panel probes SpaceX launch activities | Reuters
- FAA requiring inspector on site for SpaceX launches | Reuters
- Space traffic & environment issues:
- US states space:
- Weather & remote sensing satellites:
- Space weather:
- US Defense space:
- Pentagon industrial policies need to focus on demand – Defense News
- Space Force To Boost Threat Tracking – Breaking Defense
- Space Force sounds like a joke thanks to pop culture: how that could be a problem for an important military branch – The Space Review
- Biden and military space:
- Counterspace:
- New reports highlight Russian, Chinese advances in space weapons – SpaceNews
- New reports detail ongoing space threats, and Russia is raising concerns | Space.com
- Counterspace 2020: All (Pretty) Quiet On The ASAT Front – Breaking Defense
- SWF Releases 2021 Global Counterspace Capabilities Report | Secure World
- SWF Contribution to UNG Resolution 75-36, “Reducing Space Threats Through Norms, Rules and Principles of Responsible Behaviors”March 31, 2021 – Secure World
- Geospatial intelligence:
- Launch:
- Orbital traffic:
- Technology:
- General space policy, goals, commentary, etc.:
- Opinion: Why China’s space program could overtake NASA – Eric Berger/CNN
- Great Powers Compete in Space | SIGNAL Magazine
- Astronaut: Space success requires government, commercial elements | Commentary – Michael Lopez-Alegria/Orlando Sentinel
- Space Café WebTalk Recap: Soft power and satellites: 33 minutes with Aarti Holla-Maini – SpaceWatch.Global (video)
- Sustainable space manufacturing and design will help get us to the Moon, Mars, and beyond – The Space Review
- Activism:
International space
- Australia:
- Canada:
- China:
- One Giant Leap for Mankind: China, NASA Coordinate on Mars Even as Beijing Issues Fiery New Threats – World Report
- Opinion: Why China’s space program could overtake NASA – Eric Berger/CNN
- New reports highlight Russian, Chinese advances in space weapons – SpaceNews
- NASA exchanged data with China on Mars orbiters – SpaceNews
- Mainland spokesperson: NASA hurts Chinese people’s feelings – CGTN
- China/Russia lunar co-op:
- Misc. highlights:
- Egypt:
- Europe
- India:
- Japan:
- Russia:
- More Potential Air Leak Locations Found at International Space Station, Source Says – Sputnik International
- Russian Cabinet approves extension of agreement on cooperation in outer space with US – TASS
- Russia backs extending space cooperation deal with U.S. to 2030 – agencies | Reuters
- Russia-China lunar base:
- South Korea:
- Taiwan:
- Togo:
- Turkey:
- UAE
Webcasts:
** Episode 33: Lawfare and Outer Space, Part 2 – Space Thoughts (YouTube) – Space Law & Policy Solutions/Michael Listner
** Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition – North American Finals – Space Court Foundation – YouTube
Results of the North America Regional Rounds:
18 schools
40 judges
Team Winner: George Washington University Law School @gwlaw
Final’s Judges:
Dennis Burnett @HawkEye360
@RandySegal @HoganLovells
Gabriel Swiney @Monkeybane_DC @StateDept
** China Private Launch Companies Forging Ahead, Expace Liquid-Fueled Rockets, Geely in Nansha – Ep 27 – Dongfang Hour – YouTube
1) Significant week from Chinese commercial launch companies …
2) TV Report from Hubei News on Wuhan space projects, and exclusive takeaways for Xingyun and Expace …
3) Geely plans group-level space headquarters in Nansha, Guangzhou …
See also the program summary at Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 29 March – 4 April 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global.
** Space Café WebTalk – Blaine Curcio – 2. March 2021 – spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube
Torsten Kriening in conversation with China space analytics expert, self-proclaimed “#ChinaSpaceGuy” and founder of Orbital Gateway Consulting – a boutique market research and consulting firm focusing on the business of space and satellite telecommunications – Blaine Curcio. Blaine Curcio was born in the US and has spent the last 14 years working and studying in the international space industry. Having previously worked in China and the Netherlands, he is currently based in Hong Kong, where in 2018 he founded space market research and consulting firm, Orbital Gateway Consulting. …
** Space Café Podcast Episode 024 Featuring Lin Kayser Is Now Available – SpaceWatch.Global
Lin Kayser is a German entrepreneur who wants to revolutionize the way we make products with his company Hyperganic. 3D printing has advanced to the point where it can really take us where we’ve long been in science fiction. And, he wouldn’t be with us here at Space Cafe if he didn’t want to rethink space travel as well. PS: The good man may have the right DNA for such great thoughts. Crazy and world-changing thoughts run in the Kayser family.
** The Space Show – Friday, April.2.2021 – Bruce Pittman talked about his education proposal, “Spacecraft Nation: A Toolkit for Building Back Better Using Space” (Spacecraft Nation.docx):
Spacecraft Nation is envisioned as a $500 million/year, 5 year national investment program, operating in all 50 states, with the goal of upgrading America’s technical skills and technical toolkits to solve the many multidisciplinary problems inherent in space development and apply those skills to terrestrial and space challenges. Space is a fascinating and unforgiving environment with vast resources that will challenge, inspire, and train to excellence the next generation of scientists, engineers, technologists and entrepreneurs in high-tech tools, problem solving, teamwork and innovation.
** Hotel Mars – The John Bachelor Show/The Space Show – Wednesday, Apr.1.2021 – Purdue professor Dr. Haym Benaroya spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about the “Russia China plan for a lunar South Pole base, future lunar settlement development, lunar mining economic value and more“.
** How satellite images are helping one country hand out cash – BBC News
Togo has found a high-tech way to identify people who need financial help in the pandemic and send them emergency cash.
They use computers to search for clues in satellite images, then distribute money through mobile phones.
** March 30, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast
** March 31, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast
** April 2, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast
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