A selection of space policy/politics related links:

• Space Policy Events for January 20-24, 2014 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• A forgotten anniversary – Space Politics
  • Government should butt out of space race: Private sector is getting us to moon faster and cheaper – OpEd/Florida Today
• The Commercial Space Blog: The Next Sixteen Months in Space for Canada
• Commercial space industry celebrates launch indemnification extension in omnibus spending bill – Space Politics
• Is India’s space program worth the money? – PBS NewsHour (incl. video)
• U.S. and Chinese Academies of Sciences Create Forum for Space Science Interchanges – SpacePolicyOnline.com

Update:

• Hurry Up and Wait: NASA Is Not Planning to Use SLS Very Much – NASA Watch
• The Vision For Space Exploration at NASA Has Almost Disappeared – NASA Watch

 Update 2:

• The Space Review:
  • Review: Safe Is Not an Option
  • Achieving cheap access to space: the foundation of commercialization (part 1)
  • A blurred vision, but a persistent goal
• Library: A Round-up of Reading | Res Communis