Today’s selection of space policy/politics related items:
- Senate passes amended launch indemnification bill, but time may have already run out – Space Politics
- NRC Panel Pans NASA’s Draft Science Plan – Aviation Week
- SpaceX Launches Second Lobbying Team – Political MoneyLine Blog (Actually, SpaceX has had 12 launches so far, not 50!)
- GAO decision opens door for commercial lease of pad 39A – Spaceflight Now
- James Moore: Google chiefs, Nasa and a mix-up over cheap plane fuel – The Independent
- NASA Wants Role In Europe’s Astrophysics Missions – Aviation Week
- Europa Beckons: The Society Calls on the White House and Congress to Support a New Mission of Exploration – The Planetary Society
- Brazil, Thales Alenia Space Ink Satellite and Tech Transfer Contracts – SpaceNews.com
- Mexican Government To Award Licenses for Two Orbital Slots – SpaceNews.com
- Russia’s Parliament will ask President and Government to revive anti-satellite project – spacedigest.net
- Reaching the Moon – CRI.com
Update:
- NASA Selects SpaceX to Begin Negotiations for Use of Historic Launch Pad – NASA
- SpaceX enter negotiations to breathe new life into Pad 39A – NASASpaceFlight.com
- NASA Negotiating Pad Lease with SpaceX after GAO Rejects Blue Origin Protest – SpaceNews.com
Update 2: