The latest selection of space policy/politics related posts:

•  NASA May Order More Soyuz Rides to Station Despite Commercial Crew Advancements – SpaceNews.com
• Editorial | Kill This Bill – SpaceNews.com
• NASA’s Return On Investment Report – NASA – Dec.2013 (pdf)
• NASA at Another Crossroads – SpaceNews.com
• India Achieves Long Awaited Success with the Launch of GSLV – Innerspace.net
• President Xi urges science innovations after lunar probe success – People’s Daily Online

Recent online space policy discussions:

• Friday Jan.3.14 Hour 2 – John Batchelor Show – Bob Zimmerman talked about the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 launch, Virgin Galactic and more.
• Dr. William Halal, Sunday, 1-5-14 – Thespaceshow’s Blog – Dr. Halal spoke about ” Space forecasting for the near and long term”.
• John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Thursday, 1-2-14 | Thespaceshow’s Blog –  John Batchelor, Dr. Haym Benaroya, and Dr. David Livingston discussed “The Chinese lunar lander and space policy, asteroid, NASA management, the Moon, Mars”.