Today’s selection of space policy/politics links:
- Relaunch the space race – Robert Zubrin/USA Today
- The Real Barriers To Exploration – Transterrestrial Musings
- XS-1: A Closer Look at the Government’s Latest — and Sanest? — Attempt to Reduce Launch Costs – Parabolic Arc
- CBO report offers up human spaceflight to reduce the budget deficit – Space Politics
- CBO: Ending U.S. Human Spaceflight Program Would Save Billions – SpaceNews.com
- Government Shutdown Delayed New Satellite Export Regulations – SpaceNews.com
- NASA Stops Production of Advanced Plutonium Power Source – SpaceNews.com