Today’s selection of space policy/politics related items:
- Why Monday’s SpaceX launch is a big deal – Michael Belfiore
- Space Policy Events for the Week of December 2-6, 2013 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Launch Liability Bill on House Calendar for Monday – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- House to take up commercial launch indemnification regime extension bill Monday – Space Politics
- NASA Talks Astronauts On Lunar Far Side By 2028 – Forbes
- Reality Check – Aviation Week
- Darpa Targets Lower Launch Costs With XS-1 Spaceplane – Aviation Week
- Industry Minister James Moore Announces New Measures to Build on Canada’s Proud History in Space – Canada News Centre
- China hopes for international cooperation in development and uses of space resources – Lunar Networks
- China Ready For Space Cooperation With India – Bernama
Update:
- Trashing Space – SpaceNews.com
- Editorial | Another Technology Program Goes by the Wayside – SpaceNews.com
- United Rocket-Space Corporation Has Been Established in Russia – Space Digest
- The Space Review:
Update 2:
- The Space Shuttle Isn’t Racist, It’s a Work of Art – Motherboard
- Industry Minister Responds to Emerson “Space” Recommendations – The Commercial Space Blog
- Putin Signs Decree to Establish New Space Corporation – RIA Novosti
- Commercial Spaceflight | NASA, Commercial Participants See Future for COTS Model, but ‘Not for Everything’ – SpaceNews.com