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:
- NASA lunar programs:
- Space suits:
- Commercial lunar missions:
- Artemis human landing system selection:
- SpaceX:
- GAO ruling on HLS award protest:
- Blue Origin HLS :
- Biden space:
- Congressional space:
- NASA launch:
- Commercial Cargo & Crew:
- SpaceX Dragon cargo:
- Boeing Starliner uncrewed test mission:
- Boeing to ground Starliner indefinitely until valve issue solved | Ars Technica
- Boeing gives up on near-term launch of Starliner space capsule – CBS News
- NASA, Boeing to Move Starliner to Production Facility for Propulsion System Evaluation – Commercial Crew Program/NASA
- Starliner test flight faces months-long delay – SpaceNews
- Northrop-Grumman Cygnus cargo:
- US and China in space:
- US and Russia in space:
- NASA stands by its astronaut after incendiary Russian claims | Ars Technica
- Russia’s space program just threw a NASA astronaut under the bus | Ars Technica
- After Near-Disaster With New Russian Space Module, More Murk Over Mysterious Holes – Radio Free Europe
- Russian space officials try to blame NASA astronaut for Soyuz air leak in 2018 with baseless accusations: report | Space.com
- Space technology:
- ISS & other space stations:
- Commercial space:
- Could billionaires in space bring science back to the moon? | COMMENTARY – Baltimore Sun
- LEO:
- GEO:
- Human spaceflight/Space tourism:
- Constellations
- Regulation – spectrum, export control, launch, etc:
- Space law:
- Space traffic & environment issues:
- The world must cooperate to avoid a catastrophic space collision – Nature
- Space Debris: New Report Flags Increasing Risk – Leonard David
- Satellite operators to test a new collaboration tool designed to help prevent collisions – SpaceNews
- Exponential growth of cubesats may be tapering off – SpaceNews
- Orbital debris removal:
- US states space:
- New Mexico:
- Georgia spaceport at Camden County:
- Weather & other earth observation satellites:
- US Defense space:
- U.S. Army brigade teaches military forces about the value of space – SpaceNews
- Organizational:
- ‘They want people to take them seriously’: Space Force wary of taking over UFO mission – POLITICO
- USSF, UND sign MOU establishing University Partnership Program – United States Space Force
- End of an era: Space and Missile Systems Center is now Space Systems Command – SpaceNews
- Army Says It Wants Space Capabilities, Not Sats – Breaking Defense
- Cybersecurity:
- Commercial services:
- Space transport:
- GPS:
- Satellites:
- Technology:
International space
- Africa:
- Canada:
- China:
- Space station:
- Science missions:
- Commercial space:
- Launch:
- Military:
- Europe:
- India:
- India Independence: The rise of a space power, India News News | wionews.com
- GSLV launch failure:
- Human spaceflight:
- Science missions:
- Isle of Man:
- Israel:
- Japan:
- Russia:
- After Near-Disaster With New Russian Space Module, More Murk Over Mysterious Holes – Radio Free Europe
- Launch:
- Human spaceflight and tourism:
- Lunar missions:
- ISS:
- South Korea:
- South Korea’s Hanwha enlarges space focus with $300 million OneWeb investment – SpaceNews
- Hanwha Group to Invest US$300 Mil. in OneWeb – Businesskorea
- Spire Global Partners with Hancom Group in First Commercial Satellite Mission for South Korea | Business Wire
- S. Korea seeks ‘comprehensive’ approach to space development in light of diplomacy, nat’l security | Yonhap News Agency
- Thailand:
- Tunisia:
- UAE
- UK:
Webcasts:
** Chinese Commercial Spaceplane Startup Raises 300 mil. RMB of Funding, Hints on China’s Lunar Lander – Dongfang Hour – YouTube
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Space News Roundup! A kind reminder that we cover many more stories every week in our Newsletter (newsletter.dongfanghour.com). This week, we discuss:
1) Space Transportation Completes RMB300M Series A round of funding, reveals more info on hypersonic vehicle roadmap
2) Further hints that China is working on a lunar lander
3) China Eastern Begins Live TV In-Flight w/ Panasonic
See also the program summary at Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 9 – 15 August 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global
** Episode 45: Analogizing Space to the Oceans as an Operational Domain – Space Thoughts (YouTube) – Space Law & Policy Solutions/Michael Listner
Discussing the comparison of outer space from the legal and operational perspective.
A blog post on analogizing outer space to the oceans in the context of space resources: https://spacethoughtsblog.wordpress.c…
The article in Seapower mentioned in this video: https://seapowermagazine.org/dickinso…
** Space Policy Edition: Mars via the Nuclear Option – Planetary Society
Can nuclear propulsion fundamentally transform our ability to send humans to Mars? Bhavya Lal, a policy and nuclear engineering expert now working at NASA, helped write a new report on the topic for the National Academies of Sciences. She joins the show to talk about the advantages of various types of nuclear propulsion, the engineering and policy challenges that face them, and the role of government versus the private sector in developing and deploying transformational technologies.
** E70: Diversity & Inclusion Across the Nation’s FFRDCs – Aerospace Corp Space Policy (Vimeo) – Center for Space Policy & Strategy (CSPS)
** Space Café WebTalk – REGIONAL Benelux – 11. June 2021 – spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube
Simon van den Dries is the General Manager at Spire Maritime. Spire is a space-to-cloud data and analytics company that specializes in the reaching of global data sets powered by a large constellation of nanosatellites. This past week, on 11th June 2021, space-interested students Bano Barzingi and Chiara Moenter, sat down with Simon in the Space Café BeNeLux to discuss his work at Spire, as well as the factors of space sustainability trends and the multitude of uses of data from space for a better future….
** 108 – Space Debris, Climate Change and Euthanasia for Satellites – Constellations, a New Space and Satellite Innovation Podcast / Constellations Podcast – YouTube
In previous episodes of Constellations Podcast, we’ve discussed a broad range of topics, among them space law, space sustainability, and on-orbit servicing. Today we’re going to see how these are not independent issues but an integrated framework of space concerns. And to take us through it all we have with us Carolyn Belle, Director of Advanced Systems at Astroscale U.S., a company focused on space sustainability. On today’s Constellations Podcast we’ll discuss how climate change and the Kesler effect can lead to a dramatic increase in space debris. We will also learn more about on-orbit satellite servicing, especially end-of-life and life extension services. Carolyn will also describe the growing integration of the space economy with the terrestrial economy and its resulting economic impact. As a big proponent of a more diverse space community…making it more accessible to others, Carolyn talks about STEM education, mentorship programs, and building a welcoming community for underrepresented groups in the space industry.
** August 13, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman
** August 11, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman
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