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:

• Moon missions:
  • NASA chief says US within 10 years of continuous manned presence on moon | TheHill
  • Moon exploration could pose diplomacy dilemma, says NASA chief | TheHill
  • Trump’s Moon Man – POLITICO
  • Moon exploration is back in fashion as nations vie in space race – Nature.com
• NASA/Commercial partnerships
  • NASA selects nine companies for commercial lunar lander program – SpaceNews.com
  • NASA Announces New Partnerships for Commercial Lunar Payload Delivery | NASA
• NASA planetary space:
  • After the Success of InSight, It’s Time for NASA to Commit to Mars Sample Return | The Planetary Society
• Space regulation
  • Retired 45th Space Wing commander Monteith to lead FAA’s commercial space office – Florida Today
  • U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Appoints Monteith to FAA Associate Administrator for Commercial Space – FAA
• US military space:
  • Trump going for full-blown Space Force, White House memo reveals – POLITICO
  • White House Seeks Alternatives to Independent Space Force – Defense One
  • It’s down to the wire for Space Force legislative proposal – SpaceNews.com
  • Pentagon procurement chief endorses Space Force – SpaceNews.com
• Asian space:
  • Asia’s space sale | The Interpreter
• Canadian space:
  • Will Canada boldly join the next-generation space station project? – The Globe and Mail
• Chinese space:
  • China set to launch first-ever spacecraft to the far side of the Moon – Nature.com
  • Yuanwang 7 space tracking ship sets sail to support launch of Chang’e-4 lunar far side mission – gbtimes.com
• Japanese space:
  • Japan’s QZSS service now officially available – GPS World
• Luxembourgian space:
  • Luxembourg breaking barriers in space, commerce – Luxembourg Times
• Russian space:
  • Russian space program in ‘crisis’ as David Saint-Jacques set to blast off – CBC News
  • Moon exploration program to be implemented by 2040 — Russian space agency – TASS
  • Russian space agency earns $225.5 mln from astronauts’ delivery to orbital outpost – TASS
• UK space:
  • UK will not use EU’s Galileo for defence, key infrastructure post-Brexit – May | Reuters
  • Brexit: UK to build own satellite system after May rules out using EU’s Galileo project – Sky.com
  • UK plans for satellite navigation system in doubt after Brexit – Sky.com
  • UK may never recover £1.2bn invested in EU Galileo satellite system | Politics | The Guardian
• Policy resources:
  • News & Resources | The Aerospace Corporation

Webcasts:

** Property Rights – Rand Simberg – 21st Annual International Mars Society Convention

** A Political History of the Human Mission to Mars Goal in the U.S.  –  Lou Friedman  (Emeritus, The Planetary Society) – FISO

** Heritage Management: Preservation and Property on the Moon  – Michelle Hanlon , Center for Remote Sensing, Air & Space Law at the University of Mississippi, For All Moonkind – FISO

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