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 May 9-15, 2021 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA lunar programs:
  • Artemis human landing system selection:
    • By choosing SpaceX, NASA proves it is serious about returning to the moon – Washington Examiner
    • NASA has selected its deep space hardware—now comes the fun part – Ars Technica
    • For lunar cargo delivery, NASA accepts risk in return for low prices | Ars Technica
• Biden space:
  • Retaining both space policies and processes – The Space Review
  • Why is Space Not Part of Biden’s Infrastructure Plan? | Opinion – Newsweek
  • Biden Administration Likely Retaining Trump Doctrine on Cybersecurity in Space – Nextgov
  • China:
    • NASA Administrator Statement on Chinese Rocket Debris | NASA
    • NASA Scolds China After Out-of-Control Rocket Lands in Ocean – Gizmodo
    • Space experts slam China for “playing the odds” with “negligent,” out-of-control rocket re-entry – CBS News
    • No, NASA Shouldn’t Get in Bed With China’s Space Program | The Heritage Foundation
    • NASA Hails China Space Travel As ‘Unifying Force,’ But U.S. Law Bans Alliance – Newsweek
• NASA science programs:
  • NASA is Getting Serious About a Radio Telescope on the Moon – Universe Today
• Congressional space:
  • Artemis, Space Situational Awareness Among Top Priorities for New Space Subcommittee Chair – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• ISS & other space stations:
  • NASA, Axiom Agree to First Private Astronaut Mission on Space Station | NASA
  • Axiom Space and NASA detail first fully private human launch to the Space Station, set for January 2022 | TechCrunch
  • NASA increases prices for ISS private astronaut missions – SpaceNews
  • Human Research May Lead to New Vaccines, Increase Space Commercialization – Space Station
• Commercial space:
  • Op-ed | Getting Serious About the Office of Space Commerce – SpaceNews
  • Government cash is king for spaceflight – Axios
  • Human spaceflight:
    • NASA, Boeing Update Launch Target for Next Starliner Flight Test – Commercial Crew Program/NASA
    • Splashdown in Gulf of Mexico moves SpaceX closer to private human spaceflight – The Washington Post
• Space law:
  • How can space law address artificial intelligence in space? – Filling Space
  • This Is What Legally Happens If An Uncontrolled Rocket Damages Something – The Planetary Society
  • Insight – UN Resolution 75/36: How Changing the Question May Change the Results | Secure World
  • Keeping Peace in Space: U.S. Can Work with Rivals | National Review
• Space traffic & environment issues:
  • Connecting the Dots | Assessing top-down pollution – SpaceNews
  • Europe’s Galileo braces for more emergency in-orbit maneuvers – SpaceNews
  • Pentagon Has No Plans to Shoot Down Free-falling Chinese Rocket – Defense One
  • China’s Falling Rocket Body – High Sign of Bigger Problem – Leonard David (See China entry below for more about the LM-5B stage reentry)
  • Let’s take down the menace to our space dreams – The Space Review
  • SWF Announces Space Sustainability Essay Contest | Secure World
    • Young Professionals — Summit for Space Sustainability
  • Saving the World One Asteroid at a Time | The Planetary Society
  • Space debris: feel the burn – ESA
  • Where does space junk come from – and how do we clean it up? | World Economic Forum
• US states space:
  • Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Buying Up a Texas Village. Homeowners Cry Foul. – WSJ
• Weather & remote sensing satellites:
  • Renewed climate change fight bodes well for Earth observation sectors – SpaceNews
  • Op-ed | The World Below: The need for free and open data in Earth observation activities – SpaceNews
• US Defense space:
  • Is space war inevitable? | Space.com
  • Exclusive: Army Plan May Loosen IC Grip On Sat-Based ISR – Breaking Defense
  • Don’t make space harder than it needs to be – The Space Review
  • There Must Be Rules for How We Use Space, Defense Leaders Say – Defense Department News
  • Space Force renames Florida-based launch wing Space Launch Delta 45 – SpaceNews
  • Space National Guard:
    • Plans for a new Space National Guard close to liftoff, top general says – POLITICO
    • Space National Guard could come soon, general tells House lawmakers – U.S. – Stripes
    • Space Force, Guard Closer on ‘Two-component’ Construct for the New Service – Air Force Magazine
    • Proposed Space National Guard Gathers Momentum – Defense One
  • Cybersecurity:
    • Space Force Looks to Boost Cyber Defenses of Satellites with Acquisition Reorganization – Air Force Magazine
  • Launch:
    • Space Force to clear refurbished Falcon 9 booster for upcoming GPS launch – SpaceNews
  • Technology:
    • Hughes and OneWeb to Demonstrate Low Earth Orbit Service in Arctic Region for U.S. Air Force Research Lab | OneWeb
    • Space Force Lays Out Its Vision As a Digital Service – SpacePolicyOnline.com
    • Study calls on U.S. to change how it buys space technology, reduce congestion in low orbits – SpaceNews
    • US ‘Will Fail’ If Space Acquisition Doesn’t Reform: CSPC – Breaking Defense
    • U.S. Air Force wants OneWeb and Hughes to connect Arctic – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Acquisition:
    • Defense appropriators ‘disappointed’ with management of Space Force acquisitions – SpaceNews
• General space policy topics, perspectives, etc:
  • Opinion: Five reasons why astronomy is important to our future in space. – SpaceWatch.Global
  • SWF May 2021 Newsletter

International space

• Multi-national:
  • How humanity will return to the Moon: The future of lunar exploration – BBC Science Focus Magazine
• Africa:
  • Space Café WebTalk with Temidayo Oniosun Recap: Crunching the numbers: comparing governments’ allocation of space funding [Video] – SpaceWatch.Global
• Australia:
  • ESA installs deep space dish in Australia and telescope in Chile – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Australia Appoints Its First Space Commander | Voice of America
• Brazil:
  • First companies to launch non-governmental launches from the Alcântara spaceport announced — Brazilian Space Agency (AEB)
• Canada:
  • Space Café Canada by Dr. Jessica West Recap: Does Space Need More Canada? – SpaceWatch.Global
• Chile:
  • ESA installs deep space dish in Australia and telescope in Chile – SpaceWatch.Global
• China:
  • China’s new bid to take on Elon Musk’s Starlink: a state-owned satellite enterprise | South China Morning Post
  • Long March-5B uncontrolled reentry:
    • China defends handling of rocket that fell to Earth – ABC News
    • NASA Scolds China After Out-of-Control Rocket Lands in Ocean – Gizmodo
    • No damage caused by China’s rocket remnants: Foreign Ministry – CGTN
    • China’s Rocket Body: Reentry Reactions – Leonard David
    • Long March 5B falls into Indian Ocean after world follows rocket reentry – SpaceNews
    • Remnants of China’s Long March 5B rocket land in Indian Ocean near the Maldives | South China Morning Post
    • NASA Administrator Statement on Chinese Rocket Debris | NASA
  • Space Station:
    • What should NASA do about the Chinese space station? | TheHill
    • China Focus: China’s space station designers extend its in-orbit life – Xinhua
    • Chinese rocket stage predicted to reenter atmosphere around May 8 – SpaceNews
    • Symphony concert accompanies the launch of China’s Long March-5B Y2 rocket, showing ‘Chinese pride and romance’ – Global Times
  • Science missions:
    • China mulls sending spacecraft to edge of solar system: scientist – Xinhua
• Europe
  • Space Café Germany 02 Recap: Thomas Reiter on the Past, Present and Future of Human Spaceflight (video) – Spacewatch Global
  • Europe’s Galileo braces for more emergency in-orbit maneuvers – SpaceNews
• Germany:
  • Germany funds Isar Aerospace to develop microlauncher – SpaceWatch.Global
• Israel:
  • The second Israeli in space: “I’m aware of the risks, but not afraid of the dangers” – Geektime.com
  • U.S., Israel expand cooperation to the space domain – United States Space Force
• Japan:
  • Japan bolsters capabilities in electronic warfare, space and cyber realms | The Japan Times
• Nepal:
  • Nepal is away from space, but researchers say it should exploit satellites first – OnlineKhabar English News
• South Korea:
  • South Korea’s space agency sets sight on missions that ‘won’t pay off until 2050’ – SpaceNews

Webcasts:

** Long March 5B Rocket Reenters the Atmosphere, JZYJ Tests Their Latest Methalox Engine – Ep 32 – Dongfang Hour – YouTube

1) China’s Long March 5B first stage re-enters Earth’s atmosphere and (seemingly) lands in the Indian Ocean …
2) JZYJ Completes Hot Test of Whole Engine …
3) CASSPACE announces B+ Funding Round …
4) OneSpace “close to” raising a new round of funding for its Linglong solid and liquid fueled rockets, plans to IPO in 2022 …

See also Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 3 May – 9 May 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global

** Episode 36: Thoughts on Long March 5B Reentry – Space Thoughts (YouTube) – Space Law & Policy Solutions/Michael Listner

** Space Café WebTalk – Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland #2 – 25. March 2021 – spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube

In the latest Space Café “Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland”, Steven Freeland and Torsten Kriening welcomed Prof Tanja Masson-Zwaan and Prof PJ Blount to the historic Café Barerra in Leiden.

Over croissant and coffee, the panelists, along with a lively audience engaged in a revealing and insightful discussion dealing with many legal issues arising from everyday space activities, including the following:

the proposed Dubai Space Court
the unique features of commercial space contracts
how to resolve space disputes
what to do when international events overlap with the delivery of space satellites (in this case from Japan to Myanmar)
making movies in space
space tourism (gone mad?)
the problems and benefits of large constellations of small satellites
our ‘rights’ to a dark sky
the overall balance needed to determine what might be ‘appropriate’ space activities in the future
The panelists also gave their ‘one word’ to describe the wonders of space law – a tradition for all guests at the Space Café Law Breakfasts. Space law certainly means many things to many people and is such an interesting and relevant concept, even to the non-lawyers in the audience.

** The Dark Arts in Space: Developments in Counterspace Weapons (Video) | Secure World

Secure World Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted a virtual event on April 8, 2021, to discuss our new reports on global counterspace capabilities. Analysts from SWF and CSIS provided summaries of changes over the past year along with the overall trends and implications for space security.

Moderator Kaitlyn Johnson is joined by Brian Weeden, Victoria Samson, and Joe Moye as they discuss their latest reports and answer audience questions.

** 101 – Zero Trust, Global Data Interoperability and Breaking Silos – Constellations Podcast

Listen to Nicolas Chaillan, U.S. Air Force Chief Software Officer, describe the importance of the U.S. DoD to bring relevant software features to the war-fighter in a timely manner. Space and Cyber are big domains that were often overlooked in the past; however, the next battles are definitely going to involve them. The warfighter will need access across all domains to share not only data, but the ability to reuse code and software. Mr. Chaillan talked about zero trust being foundational to enable connectivity across systems while ensuring people only have access to what is appropriate to their needs. He described how Cloud One and Platform One will bring about this interoperability; Cloud One providing access to the cloud and Platform One bringing DevSecOps – continuous integration, continuous delivery of software. He also provided information on the Iron Bank, a centralized repository of hardened containers for the industry to use as they pursue development alongside the DoD. He discussed having containers from the Iron Bank and the entire stack instantiating automatically across classification levels as being game changers. Mr. Chaillan talked about increasing the cyber posture of the department by having more eyes on code and more people to bring back value. Timeliness is essential, so there is always the most updated version effectively instantiating a DevSecOps environment at the edge – whether on a jet, on a bomber, anywhere required in the space system.

** E58: Andy Weir- Sci-Fi Author & The Thrill of Space – Aerospace Corp Space Policy (Vimeo) – Center for Space Policy & Strategy (CSPS)

** T+188: Starship SN15, and the HLS Protests – Main Engine Cut Off

** The Space Show – Sunday, May.9.2021 – Dr. Casey Handmer discussed “SLS analysis, SpaceX, Starship & the SpaceX lunar lander, market and cost analysis, Blue Origin, space stations, Casey’s blog, nuclear propulsion, Starlink and much more“.

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** The Space Show – Friday, May.7.2021 – Tom McCarthy of Motiv Space Systems discussed “space robotics, Mars, and more”.

** Hotel Mars – John Batchelor Show/The Space Show – Wednesday, May.3.2021 – Rod Pyle spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about space settlement, which the National Space Society (NSS)’s quarterly publication Ad Astra devoted a special edition, “Living In Space“.

** The Space Show – Tuesday, May.4.2021 – Col. (USAF Ret) Karlton Johnson, Chairman of the National Space Society Board of Governors, discussed “the NSS, leadership, the space value proposition, space and our future, national security space, the meaning of the “high ground, space settlement, Ad Astra and much more”.

** May 7, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast

** May 5, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast

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