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Roundup

Space policy roundup – April.5.2020

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):

Webcasts:

** Space Café WebTalk Recap: “33 minutes with Moriba Jah” – SpaceWatch.Global

The inaugural Space Café WebTalk happened on 31 March 2020, featuring Professor Moriba Jah, associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin, in conversation with Torsten Kriening, co-publisher of SpaceWatch.Global and COO of ThorGroup GmbH.

Professor Jah opened the event with an interesting, thorough discource on the topic of space situational awareness, covering points recently discussed in his SWGL op-ed, Orbital Space – The Next Resource For Humanity To Exhaustively Exploit And Litter!, published last month.

** Hotel Mars/The Space Show – Wed, 04/01/2020 – John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston spoke with Chris Carberry of the Explore Mars about the organizations” events and programming during the COVID-19 outbreak”.

** The Space Show – Tue, 03/31/2020 – Rod Pyle talked about “trends, post virus space industry and many other topics based on callers and listener emails”/

** Hotel Mars/The Space Show – Thu, 03/26/2020 – John Batchelor and David Livingston discussed the impact of Covid-19 on the space industry.

** March 31, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

** March 27, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

** April 2, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

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Roundup

Space policy roundup – Mar.30.2020

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):

Webcasts:

** Equinox 2020 Space Policy and Politics Briefing

Couldn’t join us for the live Planetary Society member webcast? Here’s the complete March 2020 briefing, featuring Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye, Chief Advocate and Senior Space Policy Advisor Casey Dreier, Chief of Washington Operations Brendan Curry, and Planetary Radio host Mat Kaplan.

** Gordon Roesler – Robots In Space – Cold Star Project S02E25

Dr. Gordon Roesler, past DARPA Program Manager and founder of Robots In Space, is on the Cold Star Project. With host Jason Kanigan of Cold Star Tech, Dr. Roesler discusses the coming capabilities and uses of robotic technologies in space. Servicing satellites, recovering dead spacecraft and potentially recycling them, allowing in-orbit construction rather than having to expensively ship everything up are just some of the ways robots in space will have an impact on the industry. Robots In Space website: https://robots-in.space/

** The Space Show – Fri, 03/27/2020 – Dr. Tina Highfill discussed “the BEA satellite economic analysis of the space industry”.

** The Space Show – Tue, 03/24/2020 – Robert Zimmerman discussed “multiple topics including SpaceX, SLS, COVID19 and more”.

** March 20, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

** The Rise Of The Space Age Millennials – Are We There Yet – Space – 90.7 WMFE

There’s a new generation leading the charge when it comes to space exploration — millennials. These 20 and 30 year olds are entering the workforce and academia, driving innovation and pushing humanity farther into the solar system. So what’s motivating these millennials? And what’s different from the group of folks that came before them? We’ll chat with space policy analyst and author Laura Forczyk about her new book “Rise of the Space Age Millennials.”

** Artemis Update: A Year of Progress on Returning to the Moon – NASA

Our Artemis program will return U.S. astronauts to the surface of the Moon, a goal announced by Vice President Mike Pence on March 26, 2019. Take a look at all we’ve accomplished since then, from testing our Orion spacecraft and building our Space Launch System rocket to graduating a new Artemis Generation class of astronauts and creating partnerships with private industry.

** March 25, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

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Space policy roundup – March.23.2020

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):

Webcasts:

** The Space Show – Tue, 03/17/2020 – Jose Ocasio-Christian and Micah Walter-Range of Caelus discussed “the COVID-19 virus and the space industry, plus the state of the industry before the virus and challenges once the virus threat is passed”.

** Hotel Mars/The Space Show – Wed, 03/18/2020 – John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston talk with Jeff Foust of Space News “about the impact of COVID-19 on the space industry”.

** The Space Show – Fri, 03/20/2020 – Dan Oltrogge of the AGI Center for Space Standards and Innovation.

** The Space Show – Sun, 03/22/2020 –  David Livingston led a discussion with listeners “mostly concerning COVID-19 but also how it is impacting space, the energy business and other fields”.

** The world before and after COVID-19 – Geospatial World – YouTube

Satellite imagery show by Maxar technologies shows changes in movements and activities in cities due to COVID-19

** March 17, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

** Space Podcasts I’m Hooked On – Laura’s Space on Space – Laura Seward Forczyk list of space podcasts.

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Roundup

Space policy roundup – March.17.2020

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):

Webcasts:

** NASA Mobile Launchers – NASA Inspector General

The Office of Inspector General examined NASA’s efforts to meet cost, schedule, and performance goals in developing two mobile launchers that will serve as the ground structure to assemble, transport, and launch the SLS/Orion rocket and capsule.

** Space Thoughts Episode 4: MEV 1 – Michael Listner of Space Law & Policy Solutions.

** Space Thoughts Episode 6 Kosmos 2452, Norms and Hostile Intent – Michael Listner of Space Law & Policy Solutions.

** March 13, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

** 28 – Don’t Sneeze in Their Mouths! | Off-Nominal

Jake and Anthony are joined by fellow space podcaster Brendan Bryne for a self-quarantine edition of the show. Jake developed a new bit for this grab bag episode with talk of Schrödinger’s Gateway, SpaceX’s DM-2, and a whole bunch more, including (obviously) COVID-19 and its impact on space. Also how Brendan’s cat almost ruined OSIRIS-REx.

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Space policy roundup – March.13.2020

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):

Webcasts:

** NASA’s Management of Space Launch System Program Costs and Contracts – NASA OIG

The Office of Inspector General examined NASA’s management of the major Space Launch System contracts – core stage, upper stage, RS-25 engines, solid rocket boosters – to assess whether the programs are meeting cost, schedule, and performance goals.

** New Space, Smallsats and Regulatory Implications – Constellations, a New Space and Satellite Innovation Podcast

More than 8,500 satellites are projected to be launched between 2019 and 2028 according to Euroconsult. With such so much growth on the horizon, regulatory efforts could become challenged to keep pace with these technological developments.

Listen to Alexandre Vallet the Chief of the Space Services Department in the Radiocommunication Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as he shares insights into the role of regulations and the ITU in this new environment. Find out how the spectrum can be protected, interference can be avoided and how a level playing field for new and incumbent players can be ensured in this evolving new space world.

** Michael Maloney – Satellite Design For Recovery – Cold Star Project S02E23

Michael Maloney, founder of the advocacy organization Satellite Design for Recovery, is on the Cold Star Project with host Jason Kanigan to talk about the need for including a critical but not-yet-required component to the design of all objects launched into Earth orbit. Satellites and other orbital objects should have mandated design requirements for rendezvous, capture and disposal. The cost of not doing so will be chaos in orbit. Mike is here to tell us about these consequences. Satellite Design for Recovery website: https://satdfr.org/

** The Space Show – Wed, 03/11/2020 – Professor Madhu Thangavelu of USC talked “about his past and now current space design class focusing on returning to the Moon”.

**  Hotel Mars/TheSpace Show – Wed, 03/11/2020 – John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston “discussed the impact of Covid-19 on upcoming space conferences and potential economic concerns for NewSpace”.

** Ep. 63: War in space – Defense One

The United States Space Force is now officially a thing, complete with a commander and plans to put about 16,000 members of the military to work defending U.S. interests in space. But what exactly does it mean for the U.S. military to “deter aggression” in space? How could a war in space happen? And what are American interests in space, anyway? This episode, we’re going to answer those questions as best we can with the help of four experts on space weapons and policy and strategy.

Guests include Jeffrey Lewis, professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Calif.; Jonathan McDowell, astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass.; Bleddyn Bowen, lecturer in International Relations at the University of Leicester, in the UK, and author of the forthcoming book, “War in Space“; and Brian Weeden, director of Program Planning at the Secure World Foundation.

** Day of Action 2020 – Planetary Society

115 members traveled to Washington D.C. from 28 states for one massively successful day of action to #FundSpace. Will you join us next year? Get involved at planetary.org/advocacy

** March 10, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

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