A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government (US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest (find previous space policy roundups here):

• Schedule:
  • What’s Happening in Space Policy September 19-25, 2021 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• Biden space:
  • Elon Musk mocks President Biden after SpaceX completes first all-civilian mission – CNBC
  • Elon Musk mocks Biden for ignoring his company’s historic space flight | TheHill
• NASA lunar programs:
  • NASA’s Artemis Rover to Land Near Nobile Region of Moon’s South Pole | NASA
  • Robot Moon Rover: Targeted for Nobile Crater – Leonard David
  • Commercial lunar missions:
    • NASA to Announce Landing Site for Artemis Lunar Robotic Rover | NASA
  • Artemis human landing system selection:
    • NASA Selects Five U.S. Companies to Mature Artemis Lander Concepts | NASA
    • NASA awards five contracts for lunar landers to follow SpaceX demonstration | Ars Technica
    • NASA taps Alabama’s Dynetics to study ‘routine’ lunar landers – al.com
• NASA management:
  • NASA Leadership Positions Agency for Future | NASA
  • NASA to split leadership of its human spaceflight program | Ars Technica
• Space technology:
  • Space Based Solar Power vs Earth-based-with-storage – Part 1 – Crowlspace
  • Space Based Solar Power vs Earth-based-with-storage – Part 2 – Crowlspace
• Human spaceflight:
  • NASA astronaut gets extended stay in space for record-breaking 353-day mission | Space.com
• ISS & other space stations:
  • What is the future of the International Space Station? – The Space Review
  • NASA evaluating private space station proposals for ISS replacement – CNBC
• Commercial space:
  • The great space company sale – The Space Review
  • How do chambers support internationalizing space firms? – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Human spaceflight/Space tourism:
    • Inspiration 4:
      • Impact on spaceflight demand:
        • An inspiration for private human spaceflight – The Space Review
        • After Inspiration4, SpaceX sees high demand for free-flyer missions | Ars Technica
        • SpaceX aims to send up to 6 civilian flights a year after Inspiration4 success – Orlando Sentinel
      • Reactions and Commentary
        • The real human exploration of the solar system began on September 15, 2021 – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman
        • Why SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission matters to everyone – CNET
        • Why the ‘all-civilian’ space trip marks the dawn of a new age – GeekWire
        • SpaceX takes 4 passengers to orbit—a glimpse at private spaceflight’s future – National Geographic
        • Inspiration4: Why SpaceX’s first all-private mission is a big deal | MIT Technology Review
        • Commercial spaceflight industry sees Inspiration4 as a pathfinder but not a model – SpaceNews
        • Private astronauts are not ‘space tourists’ (op-ed) | Space.com
      • In orbit and return:
        • Elon Musk pledges $50 million to Inspiration4 fundraiser for St. Jude – CNBC
        • Tesla’s Elon Musk pokes fun at US President Joe Biden after Inspiration4 snub – Teslarati
        • As One Commercial Space Mission Ends, Another Readies for Launch–With a Movie Crew – SpacePolicyOnline.com
        • SpaceX tourist trip to orbit ends with splashdown off Florida coast | Fox Business
        • Four civilian space travelers back on Earth after landmark flight – Spaceflight Now
        • Crew Dragon splashes down to conclude Inspiration4 mission – SpaceNews
        • Busy day in orbit for SpaceX’s all-civilian Inspiration4 crew – CBS News
      • Launch:
        • First All-Commercial Astronaut Crew Reaches Orbit Opening New Era of Spaceflight – SpacePolicyOnline.com
        • SpaceX’s historic Inspiration4 launch reaches orbit successfully carrying private crew – CNBC
        • SpaceX launches Inspiration4, first all-private orbital mission – NASASpaceFlight.com
        • Four private citizens ride SpaceX rocket into orbit on historic mission – Spaceflight Now
        • Elon Musk’s SpaceX Launches First All-Civilian Flight to Orbit – WSJ
      • Mission info:
        • The New Era of Commercial Human Space Flight Means Little News – SpacePolicyOnline.com
        • With billionaire’s backing, SpaceX puts citizen spacefliers in orbit – GeekWire
        • From Etsy to Earth orbit: Inspiration4 crew packs mementos for space (and sale) | collectSPACE
        • Inspiration4 crew planning ultrasounds, microbe samples and more to understand health during flight | Space.com
        • SpaceX and the Civilian Travel Era: How Elon Musk Created Inspiration4 – WSJ
  • Constellations
    • OneWeb Confirms Successful Launch of 34 Satellites from Baikonur | OneWeb
    • Spire snaps up exactEarth in first acquisition as a public company – SpaceNews
  • Finance:
    • Spire Global to acquire exactEarth – SatellitePro ME
  • Science:
    • Xplore and W. M. Keck Observatory announce innovative collaboration – Xplore
• Regulation – spectrum, export control, launch, etc:
  • SpaceX Boca Chica:
    • The FAA releases initial report on Boca Chica launches, and it’s not terrible | Ars Technica
    • FAA releases draft environmental report on SpaceX Starship orbital launches – SpaceNews
    • Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment [PEA] for the SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy Launch Vehicle Program at the SpaceX Boca Chica Launch Site in Cameron County, Texas – FAA (pdf)
• Space law:
  • #SpaceWatchGL Interviews: Ambassador Misztal and Professor Freeland on UNCOPUOS Working Group on Space Resources – SpaceWatch.Global
• Space traffic & environment issues:
  • Opinion: Sustainability and Space Debris – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Space sustainability makes slow progress at the United Nations – SpaceNews
  • It’s Time to Develop a Global Space Traffic Management System, White House Adviser Says – Nextgov
  • The Urgency to Act on Space Traffic Management | Secure World
  • SpaceX emphasizes coordination with other satellite operators – SpaceNews
  • Outer Space Institute’s International Open Letter on Kinetic Anti Satellite (ASAT) – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Satellite operators need more accurate SSA data – SpaceNews
  • Orbital debris removal:
    • Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak wants to clean up space junk with new company | Space.com
  • Space rescue:
    • Humanity needs a space-rescue capability, report stresses | Space.com
    • The In-space Rescue Capability Gap – Aerospace.org (pdf)
• US states space:
  • California:
    • Paso Robles Chamber endorses proposed spaceport | NewsChannel 3-12
  • Texas:
    • Space for SpaceX: Company signs leases on Brownsville properties | MyRGV.com
    • New Raptor Factory under construction at SpaceX McGregor amid continued engine testing – NASASpaceFlight.com
• Weather & other earth observation satellites:
  • Tomorrow.io orders demo satellites for rain-tracking constellation – SpaceNews
  • NASA and United Launch Alliance Update Landsat 9 Target Launch Date – Landsat 9/NASA
  • Planet provides data to federal civilian agencies under NASA contract – SpaceNews
  • Planet Expands Contract with NASA to Provide Data to All US Federal Civilian Agencies Researchers – Planet
• GPS:
  • Op-ed | GPS Offers Lessons for the Infrastructure of Tomorrow – SpaceNews
• US Defense space:
  • U.S. generals planning for a space war they see as all but inevitable – SpaceNews
  • China:
    • Kendall: If China can’t beat the U.S. in the air it will try in space – SpaceNews
    • SpOC Commander Seeks More Intelligence Capability in Response to China – Air Force Magazine
  • Orbital traffic:
    • Space Force to consider space sustainability in any future conflict – SpaceNews
    • Space Force backs development of commercial orbital debris removal systems – SpaceNews
    • Revolutionary Tech Could Allow Near-Real Time Space Tracking, MITRE Says – Breaking Defense
    • Congress, Industry Chivvy Space Force On Commercial SSA – Breaking Defense
  • Organizational:
    • Space Force talent strategy is a departure from the norm – SpaceNews
    • Space Force reveals which Army and Navy units are moving to the space branch – SpaceNews
    • Hyten Says Pentagon is Moving “Unbelievably Slow” in Defense Modernization – National Defense Magazine
    • Space Force grappling with aging infrastructure used to operate satellites – SpaceNews
  • Commercial services:
    • #SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Space Applications for Military: Eyes Beyond the Sky – SpaceWatch.Global
  • GPS:
    • Northrop Grumman’s LEO Satellite Payload for DARPA Revolutionizes Positioning, Navigation and Timing | Northrop Grumman
  • Technology:
    • Space Force to brief industry on its future architecture for space-based missile warning – SpaceNews
    • DARPA seeking satellite laser terminals that can talk to any space network – SpaceNews
• General space policy topics, perspectives, resources, etc:
  • Astrofeminism as a theory of change: save our planet, not escape from it – The Space Review

International space

• Australia:
  • Kanyini is the first satellite built in South Australia – CosmosMagazine.com
• China:
  • Xi affirms importance of China’s space ambitions in milestone week for programme | South China Morning Post
  • Paradigmatic shifts in space? – The Space Review
  • Space station:
    • China’s Space Station: What’s Ahead? – Leonard David
    • Cargo resupply:
      • Tianzhou-3 cargo craft launches to the Chinese Space Station – NASASpaceFlight.com
      • China Space Station Construction Site: New Supply Ship Docking – Leonard David
      • China rolls out cargo mission rocket as Shenzhou-12 astronauts leave space station – SpaceNews
      • China prepares to launch Tianzhou 3 cargo spacecraft – Chinadaily.com.cn
    • Crew return:
      • Shenzhou-12 astronauts return to Earth after 3-month space station mission – SpaceNews
      • Shenzhou XII spacecraft headed back to Earth – Chinadaily.com.cn
      • Astronauts to return home after China’s longest space mission – Xinhua
      • China’s Space Station Crew: Ready for Return to Earth – Leonard David
  • Lunar missions:
    • China moon rock studies include fusion energy analysis, volcanic history – Space.com
  • Facilities:
    • South China city strives for new engine of commercial aerospace industry – People’s Daily Online
  • Launch:
    • Tianzhou-3 cargo craft launches to the Chinese Space Station – NASASpaceFlight.com
• Europe:
  • Opinion: Jump-starting the commercialization of the European space industry – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Joining forces for Aeolus – ESA
  • First deep drilling success for ExoMars – ESA
  • Path set for commercial communications around the Moon – ESA
  • SSTL signs up ESA as anchor customer for Lunar Pathfinder – SSTL
  • Arianespace tops 1000 with number of launched satellites – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Space Café WebTalk with Lukasz Wilczynski: There’s space for everyone in space – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Combined tests start for Ariane 6 at Europe’s Spaceport – ESA
  • Space startups launch YEESS to make their case in Europe – SpaceWatch.Global
  • JAXA and ESA spacewalkers carry out system upgrades on ISS – SpaceWatch.Global
• Hungary:
  • Hungarian government adopts ambitious space strategy – SpaceWatch.Global
• India:
  • ISRO centres told to stop manpower intake – The Hindu
  • Paradigmatic shifts in space? – The Space Review
  • Commercial space:
    • Indian Industry to produce two more entire rockets — GSLV-Mk III and SSLV: DoS – Outlook India
    • 2 Space Technology Startups Get Access To ISRO Facilities. What They Plan To Test
    • India to revise FDI [Foreign Direct Investment] policy for space sector, says Isro chief Sivan | Business Standard News
    • India’s share less than 2% of global space economy, private sector can drive growth: Experts – Zee News
  • Crew missions:
    • ISRO to launch Gaganyaan mission by end of 2022 or early 2023 after COVID delays, says Jitendra Singh – Firstpost
  • New rocket projects:
    • ISRO to experiment vertical landing of rockets, aims to make GSLV Mk3 reusable – Zee News
    • ISRO’s new series of heavy-lift rockets to carry between 5-16 tons to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit – Zee News
    • ISRO working on fleet of heavy lift rockets – Times Now News
• Japan:
  • JAXA and ESA spacewalkers carry out system upgrades on ISS – SpaceWatch.Global
• Kazakhstan
  • Russia, Kazakhstan sign agreement on construction of Soyuz-5 launch complex — Roscosmos – TASS
• Russia:
  • Russia, Kazakhstan sign agreement on construction of Soyuz-5 launch complex — Roscosmos – TASS
  • Launch:
    • Assembly of Angara carrier rocket kicks off at Plesetsk ahead of test flights – TASS
  • Tourism, commercial human spaceflight:
    • Here’s why Russia’s space chief keeps asking Elon Musk to visit him | Ars Technica
    • Russian actress, film director to shoot movie during 12-day space mission – TASS
  • China co-op:
    • Russian cosmonaut optimistic about space cooperation with China – CGTN
  • GLONASS navigation satellite system:
    • Roscosmos to deploy GLONASS monitoring stations in five countries – TASS
  • Commercial:
    • Russian private space firm to orbit hi-tech satellites in early 2022 – TASS
• Saudi Arabia:
  • Saudi Space Commission opens registration for Space Hackathon – SatellitePro ME
• Scotland:
  • Scotland’s spaceport gets final go ahead after historic court ruling | The Scotsman
  • Scottish Land Court rules in favour of Space Hub Sutherland – Scottish Legal News
• South Korea:
  • KPLO, South Korea’s first Moon mission – Planetary Society
  • South Korea seeks $553 million space budget for 2022 – SpaceNews
• Taiwan:
  • UPDATE 4: TiSPACE’s Hapith I Rocket’s 1st Test Launch From Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex In Southern Australia Catches Fire – SatNews
  • TiSpace´s Hapith I rocket fails to launch for third time – SpaceWatch.Global
• Turkey:
  • SpaceX to launch Turksat 6A – SpaceNews
  • SpaceX to launch communication satellite Türksat 6A – SatellitePro ME
• UAE
  • MBRCGI opens contact-free educational space in Dubai – SatellitePro ME
  • UAE: 2-month contest launched to build robots for deep space exploration – Khaleej Times
  • UAE Space Agency and NCEMA discuss collaboration in space sector – SatellitePro ME
• UK:
  • Exclusive: UK Pushes New UN Accord On Military Space Norms – Breaking Defense
  • Brexit news: UKspace launches campaign to boost British satellite investment – Express.co.uk
• Zimbabwe:
  • Zimbabwe to launch its first satellite in 2022 | ZAWYA MENA Edition

Webcasts:

** Tour of NASA Moon Rover South Pole Landing Site – NASA

In 2023, NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, will land near the western edge of the Nobile Crater at the Moon’s South Pole to map and explore the region’s surface and subsurface for water and other resources. Learn more: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/na…

** The Space Show – Tuesday, Sept.14.2021 – Dr. Thomas Matula discussed “his two papers and ideas on space settlement and the benefits for Earth from space settlement“.

• New Matula Earth Benefits Article (pdf)
• New Matula Space Strategy Article (pdf)

** Shenzhou-12 Taikonauts Safely Return to Earth, More News on China’s Mars UAV, Weekly Launch Update – Dongfang Hour – YouTube

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Space News Roundup! A kind reminder that we cover many more stories every week in our Newsletter (newsletter.dongfanghour.com).

This week, we discuss:
00:00 Introduction
01:00 The Shenzhou 12 crew de-orbits and returns safely to Earth
06:29 Major launch update including Space Transportation and Orienspace
18:10 Updates on China’s Mars UAV

See also the show summary at Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 13 – 19 September 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global.

** A new fleet of Moon landers will set sail next year, backed by private companies – Science/AAAS

Who knew outsourcing could extend to outer space? In some ways, that’s the aim of NASA’s $2.6-billion initiative meant to galvanize the private sector’s development of Moon landers and rovers.

** Space Café WebTalk – Law Breakfast 4 – 22. July 2021 – spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube

In the latest Space Café “Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland”, Steven Freeland and Torsten Kriening welcomed Elina Morozova and Andrzej Misztal at the wonderful ‘Coffee-Desk’ Café in Warsaw.

** Space Policy Edition: The cultural rituals of space advocacy, with Linda Billings – Planetary Radio/Planetary Society

Communication is culture, says Dr. Linda Billings, an expert in social science and space outreach. So what culture is summed by the types of space advocacy that call for pioneering, colonization and conquest of nature? Linda talks about the importance of language and context when advocating for space, and how we should consider other cultural values and frameworks for effective public engagement.

** September 17, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

** September 14, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

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