Some space policy items today:

• The Congressional debate over NASA’s asteroid capture mission ignores the ageny’s real spaceflight problem – SciGuy/Houston Chronicle
• SLS Passes PDR – Transterrestrial Musings
• The state of SLS construction. – Behind The Black
• Debating schedule versus competition for commercial crew – Space Politics
• Commercial Crew Looks Forward to Future Flights – NASA
• NASA, space industry discuss next steps in commercial crew program – Florida Today
• Good News for NASA Flight Opportunities Program – Citizens in Space
• Heinrich Successfully Includes Amendment To Expand Tech Development For NASA Flight Opportunities Program: Program Yields Tremendous Results For Aerospace Industries At Spaceport America In New Mexico – Senator Martin Heinrich [D-NM]

Update: Bob Zimmerman tells me he will be on the John Batchelor radio program tonight at 11:30 pm and his discussion “will exclusively be about the politics of NASA’s funding, the partisan war over the asteroid vs the moon missions and the cost of SLS. You WILL want to listen.”

Update 2:

• The Plot Thickens – Space KSC
• SLS Passes PDR – Transterrestrial Musings

A collection of space policy items:

• Senate panel approves NASA bill that conflicts with House version – Florida Today
• Senate Commerce Committee Clears 2013 NASA Authorization Bill
• Senate Commerce Committee to markup NASA authorization bill today – Space Politics
• “NASA non-concurs” – The Planetary Society
• On the Record With … Andrew Gasser – Northwest Herald
• US Lawmaker Seeks to Partner with Russia to Clean Up Space – RIA Novosti
• NASA defends Space Launch System against charge it ‘is draining the lifeblood’ of space program – Huntsville Times
• Treatise: Abandoning OldSpace’s Conceit – Astrowright

Space policy related items

• Space Policy Events for the Week of July 29 – August 2, 2013 – spacepolicyonline.com
• Senate Commerce to Markup 2013 NASA Authorization Bill on Tuesday
• Garver on NASA’s opportunities and challenges – Space Politics
• Protection of Apollo Moon Landing Sites Sparks Controversy – Space.com
• A business view on space exploration – Central Penn Business Journal
• John Kelly: Range’s duties can evolve without sacrificing safety – Florida Today

Will probably add more items here later in the day.

Update:

• Library: A Round-up of Reading – Res Communis
• US Lawmaker Seeks to Partner with Russia to Clean Up Space – RIA Novosti