A set of space policy/politics related links on this New Years Day:
- NASA Reacts to China’s Lunar Landing, LRO Images Chang’e-3 and Yutu – SpacePolicyOnline
- We don’t need to land to find life on Europa – opinion/New Scientist
- Joint Mission with India Studied as NASA Seeks Earth Science Savings – SpaceNews.com
- Media reports on “Manned Mission to Moon” – ISRO
- ISRO: No Manned Mission to Moon – The New Indian Express
- UAE To Launch Khaifa Sat in 2017 – SpaceNews.com
Update:
- China: The Next Space Superpower: A lunar rover, a crewed space station, and new rockets top China’s space agenda – IEEE Spectrum – Read Stephen C. Smith’s comments at the bottom of the article.
- Big space missions to watch in 2014 – CBS News
- Year in PReview: going to the Red Planet requires a lot of green – NewSpace Journal