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Space policy roundup – May.17.2021

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):

International space

Webcasts:

** China’s Zhurong Rover Lands on Mars, Galactic Energy Goes International, iSpace’s Tank Test – Ep 33 – Dongfang Hour – YouTube

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Aero/Space News Roundup! Without further ado, the news update from the week of 10 – 16 May:

1) Chinese Tianwen-1 Mars Missions attempts Atmospheric Entry and Landing of the Zhurong Rover
2) Chinese Launch Company Galactic Energy signs Collaboration Agreement with China Huateng Group to Develop International Launch Opportunities
3) iSpace Completes a Test of its Single-Layer Common Bulkhead Fuel Tank
4) CGWIC to open an office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to promote BeiDou Adoption

See also the program summary at Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 10 May – 16 May 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global.

** Douglas Loverro – Can We Solve Geopolitical Problems In Space? – Cold Star Project S02E79 – Cold Star Technologies – YouTube

Past Past Associate Administrator, Human Exploration and Operations at NASA and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy Douglas Loverro is on the Cold Star Project. We’re discussing geopolitics, national security, and the space industry.

** E59: Digital Engineering & US Air Force – Aerospace Corp Space Policy (Vimeo) – Center for Space Policy & Strategy (CSPS)

** Space Café WebTalk YOUNG GLOBAL TALENTS – Prof. Michelle Hanlon – 25. March 2021 – spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube

This Space Café Young Global Talents featured Prof Michelle Hanlon, Space Lawyer, Co-founder For All Moonkind, Co-Director Air and Space Law at UMiss, USA, in conversation with Markus Payer, Editor-in-Chief of SpaceWatch.Global and Frederik Wissner, representative of ELSA Frankfurt am Main, Germany. ELSA is the renowned European Law Students Association.

“Law in Space – What for?” – is the theme of our first session. Very basic. Very relevant for SpaceWatchers and those who want to become it.

** Competing for Space Superiority? | SCFVideo9 –Space Court Foundation – YouTube

Outer space is often described as the “ultimate high-ground”, as the prize at the end of a cosmic race. The winner will be granted the limitless advantages provided by “space-superiority”. Is that really true? Is that the way everyone sees political dynamics playing out in space? Is that the way it needs to be? Join us for an in-depth discussion, led by Dr Bleddyn Bowen, on the realities behind the rhetoric of arms racing, rivalries and other types of hype in space.

Moderator: Dr Bleddyn Bowen, University of Leicester

Panellists:

• Associate Professor Alice Gorman, Flinders University
• Dr Cameron Hunter, University of Leicester
• Lauren Napier, PhD Researcher, University of Northumbria
• Professor Chris Newman, University of Northumbria
• Anuradha Damale, Assistant Researcher, VERTIC

** T+189: Stephen Forbes, DARPA Blackjack Program Manager – Main Engine Cut Off

Stephen Forbes, the Program Manager for DARPA’s Blackjack project, joins me to talk about DARPA and its interaction with the rest of the Department of Defense, how they approach space initiatives, where Blackjack came from, where it’s going, what they hope to accomplish with it, and how it fits into the near-future of the industry.

** T+188: Starship SN15, and the HLS Protests – Main Engine Cut Off

SpaceX successfully flew and landed Starship SN15 last week, amid protests of their NASA HLS award by Blue Origin and Dynetics.

** Britain’s First Astronaut | Podcasts | Naked Scientists

In a podcast exclusive Britain’s first astronaut, Helen Sharman, joins the Space Boffins 30 years after her 1991 Juno mission. She talks about the extraordinary selection process, training in the Soviet Union and the way she was treated on her return. Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson are also joined by author of the Martian, Andy Weir, to chat about his latest book and why we should all be more optimistic about the future. Plus the sounds of Mars with Jason Achilles Mezilis, the musician behind the Mars microphone… and commemorating the death of Apollo 11 legend Mike Collins. It’s another epic podcast… how do we do it?

** The Space Show – Sunday, May.16.2021 – Open Lines program covered “a wide range of topics including the latest Tic Tac video, gravity issues, pipeline hacking, electric cars, space mining and more”.

** The Space Show – Friday, May.14.2021 – John Jossy discussed various “hot” topics in the NewSpace and related worlds.

** The Space Show – Thursday, May.13.2021 – Frank White talked about “in detail the Fourth edition of his classic book, The Overview Effect [Amazon commission link]. New interviews, new information, a great discussion.”

** Hotel Mars (John Batchelor Show/The Space Show) – Dr. Jonathan McDowell spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about “the Chinese Long March 5B rocket design and the uncontrolled reentry which took place near the Maldives Islands“.

** The Space Show – Thursday, April.29.2021 – Rod Pyle and Aggie Kobrin or the National Space Society (NSS) discussed Ad Astra magazine’s Living In Space Special Issue which focuses on space settlement. The second part of our discussion addressed the all-virtual, free ISDC 2021 event scheduled for June 24-27, 2021

** Special advisor Ronald van der Breggen on LEO-satellites and KebNis piece of the satellite market  – Opinion: Counting backwards in LEO – SpaceWatch.Global

00:10 Who is Ronald van der Breggen
02:33 GEO vs. LEO Satellites
04:30 Practical applications for LEO Satellites
09:38 Which geographical region is the leader in the industry
11:11 Kebni’s piece of the satellite market

** May 14, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast

** May 12, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast

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Videos: “Space to Ground” + Other ISS reports – May.14.2021

Here is the latest episode in NASA’s Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station:

** Higher Power in space | Thomas Pesquet & Coldplay – ESA

To celebrate the premiere of @Coldplay​‘s latest single ‘Higher Power’, the band linked up for an extraterrestrial video chat with French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, who is currently on a six-month mission on board the International Space Station. A specially recorded performance of Higher Power – featuring dancing alien holograms – was beamed up to Thomas, who gave the track its very first play on board the Station. The song’s premiere followed a conversation which took in similarities between life on tour and life on the Space Station, how planet Earth looks from space and its fragility; and how Thomas listens to music in microgravity. Follow Thomas: http://bit.ly/ThomasPesquetBlog

** Expedition 65 Education Inflight with Brownsville Science Center – May 11, 2021 – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 65 Flight Engineers Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) discussed life and research on the orbital laboratory during an in-flight virtual educational event May 11 with students from the Brownsville Science Center in Brownsville, Texas. Kimbrough and Pesquet launched to the station last month on the SpaceX Crew Dragon “Endeavour” for a planned six-month mission.

** Expedition 65 Military Officer Magazine Interview – NASA Video

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA discussed life and work aboard the complex during an in-flight interview May 13 with Military Officer Magazine. Kimbrough, who is a retired Army colonel, launched to the station last month aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon “Endeavour” for a planned six-month mission.

** Media Teleconference: 1st Private Astronaut Mission with Axiom Space – NASA Video – An audio-only briefing with representatives of NASA and Axiom Space who discuss the Axiom AX-1 mission planned for January 2022 in which four private citizens will travel to the ISS on a SpaceX Crew Dragon for a stay of 8 days. (Event starts at the 4:55 point in the replay.)

** Space Station Images Trace Bird Migrations – NASA Johnson

Those who see Earth from the International Space Station often say it provides a new appreciation of our planet. The Avian Migration Aerial Surface Space project, or AMASS, takes advantage of thousands of images captured by astronauts to give people an understanding of the migrations many birds undertake across the planet. Learn more here: https://go.nasa.gov/3b6UXcQ Learn more about the research being conducted on station: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

** Space Station Crew Talks with WeatherNation – NASA Johnson

Expedition 65 – WeatherNation conducts an interview with NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei and ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet.

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Activism, Roundup

Space policy roundup – May.11.2021

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):

International space

Webcasts:

** Long March 5B Rocket Reenters the Atmosphere, JZYJ Tests Their Latest Methalox Engine – Ep 32 – Dongfang Hour – YouTube

1) China’s Long March 5B first stage re-enters Earth’s atmosphere and (seemingly) lands in the Indian Ocean …
2) JZYJ Completes Hot Test of Whole Engine …
3) CASSPACE announces B+ Funding Round …
4) OneSpace “close to” raising a new round of funding for its Linglong solid and liquid fueled rockets, plans to IPO in 2022 …

See also Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 3 May – 9 May 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global

** Episode 36: Thoughts on Long March 5B Reentry – Space Thoughts (YouTube) – Space Law & Policy Solutions/Michael Listner

** Space Café WebTalk – Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland #2 – 25. March 2021 – spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube

In the latest Space Café “Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland”, Steven Freeland and Torsten Kriening welcomed Prof Tanja Masson-Zwaan and Prof PJ Blount to the historic Café Barerra in Leiden.

Over croissant and coffee, the panelists, along with a lively audience engaged in a revealing and insightful discussion dealing with many legal issues arising from everyday space activities, including the following:

the proposed Dubai Space Court
the unique features of commercial space contracts
how to resolve space disputes
what to do when international events overlap with the delivery of space satellites (in this case from Japan to Myanmar)
making movies in space
space tourism (gone mad?)
the problems and benefits of large constellations of small satellites
our ‘rights’ to a dark sky
the overall balance needed to determine what might be ‘appropriate’ space activities in the future
The panelists also gave their ‘one word’ to describe the wonders of space law – a tradition for all guests at the Space Café Law Breakfasts. Space law certainly means many things to many people and is such an interesting and relevant concept, even to the non-lawyers in the audience.

** The Dark Arts in Space: Developments in Counterspace Weapons (Video) | Secure World

Secure World Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted a virtual event on April 8, 2021, to discuss our new reports on global counterspace capabilities. Analysts from SWF and CSIS provided summaries of changes over the past year along with the overall trends and implications for space security.

Moderator Kaitlyn Johnson is joined by Brian Weeden, Victoria Samson, and Joe Moye as they discuss their latest reports and answer audience questions.

** 101 – Zero Trust, Global Data Interoperability and Breaking Silos – Constellations Podcast

Listen to Nicolas Chaillan, U.S. Air Force Chief Software Officer, describe the importance of the U.S. DoD to bring relevant software features to the war-fighter in a timely manner. Space and Cyber are big domains that were often overlooked in the past; however, the next battles are definitely going to involve them. The warfighter will need access across all domains to share not only data, but the ability to reuse code and software. Mr. Chaillan talked about zero trust being foundational to enable connectivity across systems while ensuring people only have access to what is appropriate to their needs. He described how Cloud One and Platform One will bring about this interoperability; Cloud One providing access to the cloud and Platform One bringing DevSecOps – continuous integration, continuous delivery of software. He also provided information on the Iron Bank, a centralized repository of hardened containers for the industry to use as they pursue development alongside the DoD. He discussed having containers from the Iron Bank and the entire stack instantiating automatically across classification levels as being game changers. Mr. Chaillan talked about increasing the cyber posture of the department by having more eyes on code and more people to bring back value. Timeliness is essential, so there is always the most updated version effectively instantiating a DevSecOps environment at the edge – whether on a jet, on a bomber, anywhere required in the space system.

** E58: Andy Weir- Sci-Fi Author & The Thrill of Space – Aerospace Corp Space Policy (Vimeo) – Center for Space Policy & Strategy (CSPS)

** T+188: Starship SN15, and the HLS Protests – Main Engine Cut Off

** The Space Show – Sunday, May.9.2021 – Dr. Casey Handmer discussed “SLS analysis, SpaceX, Starship & the SpaceX lunar lander, market and cost analysis, Blue Origin, space stations, Casey’s blog, nuclear propulsion, Starlink and much more“.

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** The Space Show – Friday, May.7.2021 – Tom McCarthy of Motiv Space Systems discussed “space robotics, Mars, and more”.

** Hotel Mars – John Batchelor Show/The Space Show – Wednesday, May.3.2021 – Rod Pyle spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about space settlement, which the National Space Society (NSS)’s quarterly publication Ad Astra devoted a special edition, “Living In Space“.

** The Space Show – Tuesday, May.4.2021 – Col. (USAF Ret) Karlton Johnson, Chairman of the National Space Society Board of Governors, discussed “the NSS, leadership, the space value proposition, space and our future, national security space, the meaning of the “high ground, space settlement, Ad Astra and much more”.

** May 7, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast

** May 5, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast

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The Space Show this week – May.11.2021

The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week:

1. Hotel Mars, Tuesday, May. 11, 2021; 1:30 pm PDT (3:30 pm CDT, 4:30 pm EDT): Jonathan McDowell will talk with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about the Chinese Long March 5B uncontrolled return to Earth.

No regular Tuesday evening Space Show this week.

2. Thursday, May. 13 2021; 7-8:30 pm PDT (9-10:30 pm CDT, 10-11:30 pm EDT): We welcome back Frank White author of the latest edition of The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution [Amazon commission link] with new astronaut interviews and more.

3. Friday, May.14, 2021; 9:30-11 am PDT (11:30 am-1 pm CDT, 12:30-2 pm EDT): We welcome back John Jossy for trending, interesting, sometimes off the beaten track commercial space and science news. Check out his blog, www.spacesettlementprogress.com.

4. Sunday, May.16, 2021; 12-1:30 pm PDT (3-4:30 pm EDT, 2-3:30 pm CDT): Welcome to OPEN LINES. We want to hear from you so call us at 1-866-687-7223.

Some recent shows:

** Sunday, May.9.2021 – Dr. Casey Handmer discussed “SLS analysis, SpaceX, Starship & the SpaceX lunar lander, market and cost analysis, Blue Origin, space stations, Casey’s blog, nuclear propulsion, Starlink and much more“.

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** Friday, May.7.2021 – Tom McCarthy of Motiv Space Systems discussed “space robotics, Mars, and more“.

** Wednesday, May.3.2021 – Hotel Mars – John Batchelor Show/The Space Show – Rod Pyle spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about space settlement, which the National Space Society (NSS)’s quarterly publication Ad Astra devoted a special edition, “Living In Space“.

** Tuesday, May.4.2021 – Col. (USAF Ret) Karlton Johnson, Chairman of the National Space Society Board of Governors, discussed “the NSS, leadership, the space value proposition, space and our future, national security space, the meaning of the “high ground, space settlement, Ad Astra and much more“.

** See also:
* The Space Show Archives
* The Space Show Newsletter
* The Space Show Shop

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“Space in Miniature 3.1 – Space Shuttle” : Updated reference book for modelers now available

Mike Mackowski of Space In Miniature sent me the following announcement:

Space In Miniature 3.1 – Space Shuttle is Released

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A complete revision of the third installment of the Space In Miniature (SIM) series of reference books for spacecraft modelers is now available. This book has all the information a modeler will need to build an accurate, detailed model of the Space Shuttle. Originally published in 1990, 24 pages have been added to this soft-cover book that now features color covers. Nearly all of the original material has been updated or replaced with new drawings and articles. Due to the increased page count, a few articles have been moved to an upcoming new SIM book on Shuttle payloads.

SIM #3.1 – Space Shuttle focuses on NASA’s reusable spaceplane, featuring scale drawings showing the various thermal protection patterns used on all six Orbiters and how they evolved over the entire 30+ years of Shuttle operations. The 61-page book also includes four detailed articles on building Space Shuttle models, and seven pages of kit reviews and a list of after market parts. There are a total of 78 drawings and photographs, plus several tables and the cover photos.

This book is printed in black and white on coated paper, and is available both as a hard copy as well as a full-color pdf file. This guidebook will be a unique resource for the serious space modeler. A hard copy of SIM #3.1 – Space Shuttle sells for $12 plus shipping, while a pdf download costs $10. A combination package of both the hard copy and digital version is available for only $15 plus shipping. To order, see www.spaceinminiature. com or send an email to mike@spaceinminiature.com. The other titles in the SIM series are still available.

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