Space policy/politics links:

• ULA vs SpaceX:
  • Feud between SpaceX and ULA over space contract grows more intense – The Washington Post
  • ULA Statement Regarding Reports of Russian Engine Restrictions – United Launch Alliance
• Defense launch:
  • Nelson: SASC Will Deal with RD-180 Issue Next Week – SpacePolicyOnline
  • Nelson: we have “major decisions” to make soon on launch issues – Space Politics
• Russia space:
  • Elon Musk was right: What Russia’s anti-NASA plan means for C. Fla. – Orlando Business Journal
  • House members press NASA for information on Russia crisis effects on ISS – Space Politics
  • Amid its political kerfuffle with the U.S., Russia has significantly increased the government budget of its space industry – Behind The Black
  • State Department Issues Shipping Licenses for Two Russia-bound Satellites – SpaceNews.com
  • Committee Questions Stability of U.S.-Russia Space Partnership – Committee on Science/U.S. House of Representatives
• SLS/Orion:
  • New GAO Report Blasts NASA’s Accounting for SLS/Orion – Innerspace.net
• NASA:
  • Export Controls: NASA Management Action and Improved Oversight Needed to Reduce the Risk of Unauthorized Access to Its Technologies – US GAO

 Webcasts:

* Special Planetary Radio Advocacy Report From Casey Dreier: A Good Week in Washington – The Planetary Society – Extended discussion of the proposed House budget for NASA

* The John Batchelor Show Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 5-14-14 –  Thespaceshow’s Blog – Bill Harwood of CBS News talks about US-Russia space relations:

* Senator Bill Nelson Comments on U.S.-Russian Space Relations, U.S. Senate, May 14, 2014 – YouTube