The Planetary Society discusses the administration’s budget proposal for NASA, which includes a $200M cut for planetary sciences:
http://youtu.be/WDH1PlmEFgg
Update: An extended analysis of the budget from a planetary science viewpoint: Proposed NASA Planetary Science Budget for 2014 – Future Planetary Exploration,
NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge “takes place over April 20 – 21, and includes 23 NASA challenges and 25 non-NASA challenges: VIDEO – Lego Rovers head to NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge – Univ. of Liverpool
The NASA International Space Apps Challenge focuses on space exploration and runs over 48 hours in 75 cities across the globe, from Abu Dhabi to Adelaide, New York City to Ho Chi Minh City. It aims to create open source solutions to a selection of problems through the combined effort of enthusiasts and experts based around the world.
David Luther and the HILLS team have opened a Kickstarter campaign to fund the building of a scale model version of their Horizontal In Line Launch Staging (HILLS) vehicle concept: H.I.L.L.S. SPACE PLANE by David I. Luther — Kickstarter
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A discussion at the SETI Institute about the “Origin of Life in Hydrothermal Vents and Implications for Mars”
The Australian government sets new guidelines for its space policies, which seem very unambitious, emphasizing only earth observation systems and communications satellite ground infrastructure: