Some space policy/politics related items:
- Space Safety Magazine, Issue 9, Winter 2014 (pdf) – includes some space policy related articles
- The Nixon Administration and Shuttle Safety – Part 2 – A good discussion of the fundamental flaws of the Shuttle program and hardware and the way to avoid these flaws in the future
- A Decade of the Vision for Space Exploration: An Alternative Retrospective – Spudis Lunar Resources Blog – Somehow an affordable launcher can be derived from the flawed hyper-expensive Shuttle hardware.
- Mining the Moon, Fueling the Future – The Once and Future Moon
- NASA’s New Planetary Mission Woes: Budget cuts slow down the rate of new missions – The Planetary Society
- NASA budget cuts threatens Cassini, Curiosity missions – Science Recorder
- U.S. can still beat China back to moon – USA Today
- President Signs FY2014 Defense Authorization Into Law – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Defence ministry asked to recruit crew for Isro’s ‘Man to Moon’ mission – Livemint
- Chris Hadfield urges space co-operation with China – CBC News
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