Category Archives: Space Policy

Space policy roundup – March.5.14

A selection of space policy/politics related links:

Update: Reports on today’s Senate hearing on defense dept. launch services:

Webcast and witness testimonies at  at Hearings & Testimony.

NASA’s 2015 budget day [Updated]

The administration will release its 2015 NASA budget proposal today:

Update: The budget has now been released. Total NASA budget is $17.5B. No big new initiatives. SLS/Orion, Commercial Crew, James Webb telescope, asteroid retrieval, etc are continued from last year.

Other space policy links:

Update 2:

NASA teleconference on the budget:

Space policy roundup – March 3.14

Selection of space policy/politics related posts:

Space policy roundup – March.2.14 [Updated]

A selection of space policy/politics related links:

Update:

Spacevidcast 7.06 – Will private space kill the Space Launch System?

Rick Boozer, author of The Plundering of NASA: an Exposé, was a guest on the latest episode of Spacevidcast:

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We chat with Rick Boozer, author of “The Plundering of NASA: an Exposé” about his latest article on Space.com. Our question: can the Space Launch System survive in a marketplace where private space can do it cheaper, faster and better? His original op-ed is here: http://www.space.com/24628-will-space…

In space news: SpaceX showed a little leg on their next mission, It’s future day, H-IIB lofts a weather satellite, Orbital is creating a new Minotaur-C rocket for the commercial market and Yuris night!

Special link, an IndieGoGo project to help save some old Astronomy plates and preserve unknown discoveries –http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ast…

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