Today’s selection of space policy/politics related links

• Space Policy Events for the Week of January 13-18, 2014 – spacepolicyonline.com
• National Space Society Opposes HR 3625 – National Space Society Blog
• Opposition to HR 3625 Grows – National Space Society Blog
• Kennedy: Launch presages economic benefits for state – Jack Kennedy/Richmond Times-Dispatch
• NASA’s SMD Seeking Space Policy Experts – Apply by Jan 22 – spacepolicyonline.com
• The Space Station’s new lease on life – SpaceFlight Insider
• Opinion: More wonders to be discovered with space exploration – The Lantern
• H.R. 3845: To require the Administrator of NASA to assess the cost and schedule implications of extending science missions beyond planned mission lifetimes –  Res Communis
• [NASA] looking for taxi firm – Telegraph
• Library: A Round-up of Reading – Res Communis
• The Space Review: 
  • Four more years: The US seeks to extend the ISS, but will its partners join?
  • Why greens should be pro-space
  • Doing the right thing when it’s steamboat time
  • The International Lunar Decade

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The AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition (SciTech2014) began today in National Harbor, Maryland. Videos are being posted of some of the presentations and sessions. Here are a couple of space policy related videos posted from this morning:

• Opening Keynote Address : AIAA – Video at Livestream – Chaka Fattah (Congressman, 2nd District of PA)
• R&D Policy Implications and Investments – Video at Livestream – Robert Braun (Moderator) , Michael Gazarik, Arati Prabhakar, Michael D. Griffin

Notes from the sessions are available at:

• Marcia Smith (SpcPlcyOnline) on Twitter
• AIAA (aiaa) on Twitter
• Twitter / Search – #aiaaSciTech