Some space policy items today:

• The Congressional debate over NASA’s asteroid capture mission ignores the ageny’s real spaceflight problem – SciGuy/Houston Chronicle
• SLS Passes PDR – Transterrestrial Musings
• The state of SLS construction. – Behind The Black
• Debating schedule versus competition for commercial crew – Space Politics
• Commercial Crew Looks Forward to Future Flights – NASA
• NASA, space industry discuss next steps in commercial crew program – Florida Today
• Good News for NASA Flight Opportunities Program – Citizens in Space
• Heinrich Successfully Includes Amendment To Expand Tech Development For NASA Flight Opportunities Program: Program Yields Tremendous Results For Aerospace Industries At Spaceport America In New Mexico – Senator Martin Heinrich [D-NM]

Update: Bob Zimmerman tells me he will be on the John Batchelor radio program tonight at 11:30 pm and his discussion “will exclusively be about the politics of NASA’s funding, the partisan war over the asteroid vs the moon missions and the cost of SLS. You WILL want to listen.”

Update 2:

• The Plot Thickens – Space KSC
• SLS Passes PDR – Transterrestrial Musings