The Obama administration released their official national space transportation policy document yesterday:

• National Space Transportation Policy – The White House (pdf)
• New national space transportation policy makes modest, not major, changes – Space Politics
• Commercial Spaceflight Federation Hails Innovative National Space Transportation Policy – CSF
• U.S. Issues New Space-Transportation Policy – WSJ.com

Yet more space policy/politics links:

• Inspiration Mars and Dennis Tito at House Hearin:
  • How not to get to Mars – Bob Zimmerman/Behind The Black
  • Mr. Tito Goes to Washington (And Inspiration Mars Goes Off the Rails) | Innerspace.net
  • Inspiration Mars straight talk – Planet Plots
  • NASA balks at billionaire’s request for Mars mission aid | Crave – CNET
• JFK space race myth: Dear NASA, President Kennedy just wasn’t that into you. – Rand Simberg/USA Today
  • Dear NASA – Transterrestrial Musings
• China’s 1st Moon Lander May Cause Trouble for NASA Lunar Dust Mission – Space.com

Update:

• Fifty years after his death, JFK still casts a shadow on space policy – Space Politics
• Brent Budowsky: For JFK — USA in space – TheHill
• Fixed-price Contracts Contained Impact of Copernicus Cost Growth – SpaceNews.com
• Inspiration Mars gets a plan –  Michael Belfiore
  • Inspiration Mars: How the Two-Person Voyage Will Work – Michael Belfiore/Popular Mechanics