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 October 3-10, 2021 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • The 24th Annual International Mars Society Convention – The Mars Society –
• NASA lunar programs:
  • Nelson remains confident regarding funding for Artemis – SpaceNews
  • Space suits:
    • After years of futility, NASA turns to private sector for spacesuit help | Ars Technica
  • Blue Origin HLS :
    • Blue Origin ‘gambled’ with its Moon lander pricing, NASA says in legal documents – The Verge
    • Elon Musk scorns Jeff Bezos’ lawsuit on NASA moon lander | Space.com
• NASA management:
  • Two directorate heads are better than one – The Space Review
• NASA science programs:
  • Lucy in final preparations for launch, Principal Investigator discusses mission’s trajectory – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • Pandemic causes delay and cost increase for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope – SpaceNews
• ISS:
  • Launchspace wins CASIS support for upcoming ISS demonstration – SpaceNews
  • From poo politics to rubbish disposal: 5 big questions about the International Space Station becoming a movie set – The Conversation
•  SLS/Orion:
  • First SLS launch likely to slip to 2022 – SpaceNews
• Commercial Cargo & Crew:
  • SpaceX:
    • SpaceX and NASA beginning final preparations for Crew-3 mission – NASASpaceFlight.com
• US and China in space:
  • The US Cooperates With Russia in Space. Why Not China? – The Diplomat
  • China urges US to join talks on preventing arms race in outer space | South China Morning Post
• Space technology:
  • USNC-Tech Team Wins Contract to Develop Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System For NASA – USNC
• ISS & other space stations:
  • Five big questions about the International Space Station becoming a movie set – The Space Review
  • SpaceX CRS-23 Returns Critical Science Back to Earth – ISS National Lab
  • Space archaeology study: Life & culture on the International Space Station – Flinders Univ./phys.org
  • Cosmonaut shares new perspective of International Space Station – Spaceflight Now
• Commercial space:
  • Launch:
    • Blue Origin Under Fire – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • In-space:
    • Industry group working on satellite servicing standards – SpaceNews
    • Satellite servicing companies see different demand in LEO versus GEO – SpaceNews
  • Human spaceflight/Space tourism:
    • William Shatner and Blue Origin’s Audrey Powers to fly on New Shepard’s 18th mission – Blue Origin
    • Inspiration4 sent four people with minimal training to orbit and brought space tourism closer to reality – The Space Review
    • Edge Of Space Travel: Ballooning Expectations – Leonard David
  • Constellations
    • A Virginia company has connected mobile phones directly to satellites | Ars Technica
• Space settlement:
  • The Space Resource Newsletter – September 2021 — The Space Resource
• Planetary defense:
  • Asteroids & Beyond Vol. 48 Newsletter – B612 Foundation
• Regulation – spectrum, export control, launch, etc:
  • NASA Transfers Air Traffic Management Tool Updates to FAA | NASA
  • SpaceX Boca Chica:
    • SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Project at the Boca Chica Launch Site – FAA
    • U.S. extends environmental review for SpaceX program in Texas | Reuters
  • Virgin Galactic flight incident:
    • Virgin Galactic Cleared to Fly Following Conclusion of FAA Inquiry – Virgin Galactic
    • FAA Completes Investigation, Virgin Galactic Cleared to Fly – SpacePolicyOnline.com
    • FAA clears Virgin Galactic for flight after ‘mishap’ investigation – CNBC
  • Blue Origin:
    • FAA reviewing Blue Origin safety allegations – SpaceNews
    • FAA to Review Letter That Criticizes Blue Origin on Safety – WSJ
• Space law:
  • Space policy is finally moving into the 21st century | MIT Technology Review
• Space traffic  & environment issues:
  • Resilience and space situational awareness: an interview with NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins – The Space Review
• US states space:
  • Florida:
    • Florida’s future in space exploration limitless, Bill Nelson says – Tallahassee Democrat
    • NASA chief Nelson says private space industry boosts Florida more than Apollo did – Orlando Sentinel
    • Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Terran Orbital will Invest $300 Million in Florida to Construct the World’s Largest, State-of-the-Art, Commercial Spacecraft Facility – Space Florida
    • Terran Orbital to build plant to produce more than 1,000 satellites per year – SpaceNews
    • Florida space industry is booming – WJHG.com
  • Georgia spaceport at Camden County:
    • Homeowners say Spaceport Camden site too small as FAA delays decision – The Current
    • FAA delaying spaceport decision is a disservice to all | Daily Editorial | The Brunswick News
    • FAA again delays final decision on spaceport permit for Georgia coast – WSB-TV Channel 2/Atlanta
    • Spaceport Camden launch delayed again as FAA extends license review – Georgia Recorder
• Weather & other earth observation satellites:
  • New NASA satellite to continue half a century of changing Earth observations | Ars Technica
• US Defense space:
  • Organizational:
    • Lawmakers ask Air Force Secretary to ‘pause all actions’ on Space Command relocation – SpaceNews
    • Hundreds of troops were chosen for the Space Force, but Congress is getting in the way – Air Force Times
  • Commercial services:
    • Space Force says upcoming meeting with industry won’t be business as usual – SpaceNews
    • Spire Global and SpaceChain Announce New Partnership – Spire
    • Totum to connect indoor IoT devices to satellites – SatellitePro ME
  • Space transport:
    • Air Force X-37B Robotic Space Plane: Winging Past 500 Days in Earth Orbit – Leonard David
  • Satellites:
    • Tomorrow.io wins Air Force funding for weather satellite constellation – SpaceNews
    • Space Development Agency revises Transport Layer procurement, with fewer satellites per launch – SpaceNews
    • DoD seeks ideas for connecting government and commercial satellites – SpaceNews
  • Technology:
    • DoD trying to keep China from accessing critical U.S. space technology – SpaceNews
    • Space Systems Command awards $46.5 million contract for meshONE-Terrestrial – Space Systems Command
• Space advocacy/activism
  • Covid and Mars – The Space Review
• General space policy topics, perspectives, resources, etc:
  • UN secretary-general gets space tourism wrong | Washington Examiner

International space

• China:
  • Why does China want to build a kilometre-long spacecraft? – BBC Science Focus Magazine
  • Lunar missions:
    • China displays crewed moon landing mission elements – SpaceNews
    • China’s Chang’e-4 completes 1,000 days on far side of moon – Xinhua
  • Science:
    • China to launch first solar exploration satellite this year – Xinhua
  • Launch:
    • China to launch 100-tonne heavy-lift carrier rocket around 2028 – People’s Daily Online
• Egypt:
  • NCTS selects Hughes Jupiter System to deliver satellite broadband in Egypt – SatellitePro ME
• Europe:
  • Trading space: ESA bolsters European business – ESA
  • BepiColombo’s first views of Mercury  – ESA
  • Ariane 6 launch complex inaugurated at Europe’s Spaceport – ESA
  • Thales Alenia Space entrusted by ESA to build a prototype of the next generation of ground station for the European satellite navigation system EGNOS | Thales Group
  • GomSpace and OHB sign Preliminary Authority to Proceed (PATP) to start implement ESA HERA Inter Satellite Link (ISL) – GomSpace
• Georgia:
  • UAE and Georgia sign MoU on maritime training – SatellitePro ME
• Germany:
  • Capitol Momentum provides NewSpace Business Update for the first half of 2021 for Germany – SpaceWatch.Global
• India:
  • agnikul cosmos: India set to witness its SpaceX moment soon: Agnikul CEO – The Economic Times
  • Isro scientists scramble to meet Gaganyaan deadline – Hindustan Times
  • Isro lines up 3 Earth Observation Satellites with key indigenous technologies – Times of India
• Israel:
  • SpaceIL is reaching out to Space organizations from all over the world to offer experiment proposals to Beresheet2 Lunar space mission – SpaceIL
• Japan:
  • Japan’s Epsilon scrubs attempt to launch RAISE-2 and eight secondary satellites – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • Honda to enter satellite launch business by 2030 – Nikkei Asia
• Mexico:
  • Airbus Defence and Space, the Mexican Space Agency and Mexican start-up Dereum Labs to collaborate on lunar resources extraction technologies – Airbus
  • Russia, Mexico ink agreement on peaceful space cooperation – TASS
• Nigeria:
  • What is NIGCOMSAT’s business with buying and launching satellites? | TheCable
• New Zealand:
  • New Zealand Space Agency joins international space coordination group | New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
• Russia:
  • Roscosmos implemented 53 out of 83 events in 2020 – TASS
  • Russia 6-7 years ahead of entire world in development of nuclear space energy — Putin – TASS
  • Russia, Mexico ink agreement on peaceful space cooperation – TASS
  • Launch:
    • Roscosmos develops proposals to rescue astronauts in case of emergency with Orel ship – TASS
  • Tourism, commercial human spaceflight:
    • First Russian film in space an ‘experiment’: director – AFP/Phys.org
  • China co-op:
    • Russia, China to present lunar station declaration at congress in Dubai late Oct – TASS
  • ISS:
    • Compartment inside Nauka module being readied for accommodating Soyuz MS-19 crew – TASS
  • New space stations:
    • Idea of Russian orbital project cannot be unsupported — Kremlin – TASS
    • Russia works on its own orbital station despite possible extension of ISS service — Putin – TASS
• South Korea:
  • S. Korean Air Force opens space center to bolster space strategy – The Hankyoreh
• UAE
  • Seven candidates begin training as part of Arab Space Pioneers Programme – SatellitePro ME
• UK:
  • Bold new strategy to fuel UK’s world-class space sector – GOV.UK
    • National space strategy – Gov.UK (pdf)
  • British government releases national space strategy – SpaceNews
  • Defense Lags Behind Commerce In UK ‘Galactic’ Space Power Goals – Breaking Defense
  • UK government sets out plan to ‘unleash’ nation’s space sector – Physics World

Webcasts:

** Episode 48 – Political Criticism of Non-Governmental Space – Space Thoughts (YouTube) – Space Law & Policy Solutions/Michael Listner

The article referenced in Space News can be accessed here: https://spacenews.com/un-secretary-ge…

** Episode 49 What’s Hot 3rd Quarter 2021 – Space Thoughts (YouTube) – Space Law & Policy Solutions/Michael Listner

** The Space Cafe Podcast #037: Andrew Jones on China’s Space endeavours – SpaceWatch.Global

** A Peek into China’s Future Space Projects at the Zhuhai Airshow, The KZ-1A Rocket Returns to Flight – 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:
00:00 Introduction
01:04 4 Future Space Projects at Zhuhai
08:59 Major Launch Contracts
18:29 Spacecraft and Models Shown in the Exhibition
21:42 The Kuaizhou-1A Rocket Returns to Flight after a year-long absence

See a program summary: Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 27 September – 3 October 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global.

** Space Café WebTalk – MORIBA’s VOX POPULI Edition 6 – 12. August 2021 – spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube

In this session of Space Cafè “Moriba’s Vox Populi 06” Dr. Moriba Jah talked about Environmental Protection, Climate Change, and their Correlation Pleiades with Orbital Space with

Prof. Joellen Russell, University Distinguished Professor of Biogeochemical Dynamics, and Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair of Integrative Science at the University of Arizona,
Dr. Danielle Wood, Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences and Assistant Professor (Joint) of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Dr. Imogen Napper, Expedition Scientist at National Geographic,
Dr. Michael Webber, Josey Centennial Professor in Energy Resources at the University of Texas at Austin.

Moriba’s Vox Populi is a disruptor in the current growing ocean of webcasts!  In the discussing they try to address …

**  How India Developed World Class Rockets From Humble Beginnings. – Scott Manley

** Major Starbase Update: FAA’s Environmental Assessment Explained | SpaceX Boca Chica – NASASpaceflight – YouTube

A deep dive into the recently released draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for public comment, detailing SpaceX’s future plans for Starbase and its environmental impacts to Boca Chica, and the surrounding area. Once approved, SpaceX can begin launching full stack Starships to orbit. If you’d like to submit your thoughts on the Assessment, comments may be submitted by email to SpaceXBocaChica@icf.com. The full EA draft can be found here: https://www.faa.gov/space/stakeholder…

** October 1, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

** September 29, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

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