Today’s selection of space policy/politics related links:

• NASA:
  • Science, aeronautics, explorations all receive increases in draft House NASA appropriations bill – Space Politics
  •  House Appropriators Propose Substantial Increase for NASA, Including Europa – SpacePolicyOnline.com 
  • $17.9 billion NASA Budget Proposed by House CJS Appropriators – SpaceNews.com
  • Full Committee Markup – H.R. 4412 – Committee on Science – U.S. House of Representatives
  • Roadmap to Mars – SpaceNews.com
  • Return to the Moon Backed by U.S. Congressman – Leonard David 
• Russia space:
  • Trampoline to Space? Russian Official Tells NASA to Take a Flying Leap – NBC News.com
  • “Get A Trampoline” – Transterrestrial Musings
  • Will new Russia sanctions block satellite exports? – Space Politics
• Defense space:
  • SpaceX EELV suit updates – Space Politics
  • SpaceX EELV lawsuit Filing (pdf) – the legal document + Searchable on line version – SpaceNews.com
  • SpaceX Protest Challenges U.S. Air Force Plan To Buy 22 Rocket Cores from ULA – SpaceNews.com
  • ULA defends 27-rocket ‘block buy’ contract – William Harwood/CBS Space News 
  • Dem Donor Wants Defense Contracts – Washington Free Beacon – From the title to the end, most everything in this piece is either wrong (e.g. Musk donates as much or more to Republicans as Democrats), a half-truth, or a ludicrous misrepresentation.
  • Draft House Bill Recommends $220 Million Next Year for RD-180 Alternative | SpaceNews.com
• Weather sats:
  • Editorial | An Improvement in More Ways than One – SpaceNews.com
• Orbital debris:
  • Adopting a New Viewpoint about Orbital Debris -SpaceNews.com

Update:

• Audit: Age, costs challenge NASA’s Space Network – Florida Today 
• Space Communications and Navigation: NASA’s Management of the Space Network – NASA OIG (pdf)
• House SS&T Committee Clears 2014 NASA Authorization Bill – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• House Science Committee swiftly approves new NASA authorization – Space Politics