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Space policy roundup – Aug.30.2021

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:

** 2021 Space Symposium | NASA Administrator Bill NelsonNASA Video

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks on our return to the Moon with Artemis, upcoming milestones for our science missions, the value of NASA in our everyday life, and more. Learn how NASA innovations improve daily life, and how our unique mission provides benefits in big and small ways: to create jobs, jumpstart businesses, and grow the economy.

** What The Next Space Station May Look Like – CNBC

The International Space Station will likely be retired within the decade. NASA hopes to save money by having commercial companies build the next space outpost. Some companies including Sierra Space and Axiom Space are already working on a commercial space station. But the question is, will these stations be ready in time?

** Turbulent Week for US/China Space Relations, 1 km-long Space Station Project, 2 Launches in the WeekDongfang Hour – YouTube

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Space News Roundup! A kind reminder that we cover many more stories every week in our Newsletter (newsletter.dongfanghour.com). This week, we discuss:

00:00 Introduction
01:06 Turbulent week in US-China space relations
09:00 2 launches in a week
15:08
China’s Natural Science Foundation publishes the “Guidelines for the 14th Five-Year Plan first batch of projects”, hints at research on a 1-km long super space station

See also the summary at Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 23 – 29 August 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global

** Episode 46: “Space Rush” Not “Space Race”Space Thoughts (YouTube) – Space Law & Policy Solutions/Michael Listner

It’s time to change the messaging from “space race” to “space rush.”

** Hotel Mars – John Batchelor Show/The Space Show – Wednesday, Aug.25.2021Robert (Rob) Godwin talked with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about “the overall Gemini 5 mission and lessons learned going forward on the march to the Moon“.

** The Space Show – Thursday, Aug.26.2021Jeff Shesol discussed his

new book, Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War, John Glenn in-depth discussions, Mercury 7 detailed discussions, the Soviet space program, the U.S. program, Glenn in the senate, Glenn flies in the shuttle and more.

**The Space Show – Friday, Aug.27.2021Charles Precourt of Northrup Grumman discussed “Artemis, SLS, solid rocket boosters (SRBs), SRB propellant, lunar return timelines, human lunar lander, Gateway, Gateway lunar orbits, plus much more“.

**  The Space Show – Sunday, Aug.29.2021Dr. Paul Jaffe provided “a detailed SSP and Power Beaming discussion you must hear“.

** NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Has Completed Testing | NASA

Engineering teams have completed the James Webb Space Telescope’s long-spanning comprehensive testing regimen at Northrop Grumman’s facilities. Webb’s many tests and checkpoints were designed to ensure that the world’s most complex space science observatory will operate as designed once in space. Now that observatory testing has concluded, shipment operations have begun. This includes all the necessary steps to prepare Webb for a safe journey through the Panama Canal to its launch location in Kourou, French Guiana, on the northeastern coast of South America.

** NISAR – Helping Farmers from SpaceNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NISAR will provide maps of developing crop area on a global basis every two weeks. Observations will be uninterrupted by weather and provide up-to-date information on the large-scale trends that affect international food security. The NASA–ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, a collaboration between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), will provide all-weather, day/night imaging of nearly the entire land and ice masses of the Earth repeated 4-6 times per month. NISAR’s orbiting radars will image and track subtle movement of the Earth’s land and its sea ice, and even provide information about what is happening below the surface. NISAR will also provide information on crop area and forest biomass over time and with enough detail to reveal changes on field scales.

** 109 – Satellite Data, Visualization, and Finding Needles in the HaystackConstellations, a New Space and Satellite Innovation Podcast / Constellations Podcast – YouTube

On this Constellations Podcast learn how a Hollywood visual effects company is now helping satellite operations to visualize data. Listen to Tim McBride, President of Zoic Labs, describe how his company is using their experience in visual effects to bring sense to the complex and massive amounts of data coming from satellites. Mr. McBride shares how Zoic Labs has grown from their first project of mapping the world with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to helping the U.S. Space Force and Air Force Research Laboratory see things in a different light.

** Space Café WebTalk – Danica Remy – 20. June 2021spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube

During this week’s Space Café, SpaceWatch.Global publisher, Torsten Kriening caught up with California-based Danica Remy to discuss all things asteroids. With a career in social justice movements and “fabulous innovation”, Danica serves as President of the B612 Foundation, which leads private sector efforts in research, analysis and systems design to protect Earth from asteroids. Danica also co-founded the international program, Asteroid Day, which takes place each year on 30 June. The initiative is supported by a raft of rockstars (and rockstar scientists!), as well as governments, international space agencies and satellite companies. In 2016, it was sanctioned by the United Nations as an official day to increase global awareness and education of asteroids.

Asteroids are all around us, but have people forgotten the threat they pose to Earth since Armageddon hit our screens over 23 years ago? Or is an asteroid impact the existential crisis always lurking in the back of our minds? This week, Danica and Torsten discuss what measures the “new space revolution” is implementing to save our planet from a Hollywood doomsday scenario and how Asteroid Day is raising awareness of this issue. …

** August 27, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

** August 25, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

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Space policy roundup – Aug.23.2021

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:

** Workforce & Growth of Chinese Launch Companies, Shenzhou 12 Crew 2nd Spacewalk, Updates from SpacetyDongfang Hour – YouTube

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Space News Roundup! A kind reminder that we cover many more stories every week in our Newsletter (newsletter.dongfanghour.com). This week, we discuss:
1) The growth of Chinese launch companies measured in 2019-2020 workforce increase
2) Spacety and T4i Announce Collaboration
3) The second spacewalk (EVA) of the Shenzhou-12 crew

See summary at Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 16 – 22 August 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global.

** A “Chinese New Shepard” by CAS Space, Round of Funding by Beijing Commercial Cargo StartupDongfang Hour – YouTube

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Space News Roundup! A kind reminder that we cover many more stories every week in our Newsletter (newsletter.dongfanghour.com). Also, many of the links mentioned in the episode are available there. This week, we discuss:
1) A Chinese New Shepard? CAS Space eyes space tourism
2) Chinese startup Interspace Explore raises “tens of millions” of RMB, plans commercial cargo spacecraft in 2022
3) Guangzhou adds Satellite Internet to 14th Five-Year Plan

See also the summary at Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 9 – 15 August 2021 – part 2 – SpaceWatch.Global

** The Space Show – Tuesday, Aug.17.2021Michael Listner discussed “the legal definition of the term astronaut and government plus non-government astronaut classifications for private sector spaceflight participants“.

** Hotel Mars  – The John Batchelor Show/The Space Show,  Wednesday, Aug.18.2021Anatoly Zak of RussianSpaceWeb.com spoke with John Batchelor and Dr. David Livingston about

the recent Russian ISS docking problem with the NAKUA module that sent the ISS spinning and tumbling until it was corrected. Anatoly talked about the possible cause, the actual impact and risks on the ISS, plus later we addressed the continued ISS leak that persists. Anatoly was asked if there was a competence problem with Russian hardware and/or management. In addition, he talked about the age of the ISS and the possibility of metal fatigue. Don’t miss all of what our guest said on these issues during our 11 minute discussion.

** The Space Show – Wednesday, Aug.18.2021 – Rod Pyle and Martine Rothblatt came for this special show to talk about

 the Rothblatt Space Settlement In Our Lifetime Prize, https://spacebizplan.nss.org.  Martine was only with us for 30 minutes but during that time, she talked about why space settlement was important, her vision for space settlement plus her vision for digitizing human consciousness in the future.  This was an exciting 30 minutes as Martine painted an exciting future which is plausible as you will hear.  Let us know what you think of her vision so please post your thoughts on our blog.  Martine had time to respond to several listener questions a call before leaving.  You can follow the tags and key words to this program for more detailed on what she had to say.

** The Space Show – Friday, Aug.20.2021Kevin Rice discussed

financing various types of space projects, including the most innovative, risky and often even fringe concepts. We talked about financing concepts before financing a solid project. Our guest started out by talking about NASA projects and missions during his time he was at JPL. He said most of the calls were for mission types, not specific missions, then he explained the difference and the evolutionary process from general missions to a specific mission. This was a detailed discussion which was followed by a look at the processes use by the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works. …

** The Space Show – Sunday, Aug.22.2021John Huntbroke down the government unclassified UAP report delivered to the Senate last June. Lots of callers, much fun, seriousness as well so enjoy it“.

** The Space Cafe Podcast #034: John Mankins – Energy from orbit, new ways of propulsion and Star Trek type spaceships – SpaceWatch.Global

** Space Café WebTalk – Prof. Kazuto Suzuki – 15. June 2021 spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube

During this week’s Space Café, SpaceWatch.Global publisher Torsten Kriening sat down with Professor of Science and Technology Policy at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo, Japan, Kazuto Suzuki. Having received his PhD at the University of Sussex, Professor Suzuki has worked internationally as a strategic policy analyst and advisor in space and military space policy, with research positions at the University of Tsukuba and the Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique in Paris. He has also served as an expert in the Panel of Experts for the Iranian Sanction Committee under the United Nations Security Council and contributed to the drafting of the Basic Space Law of Japan. He now serves as a member of Sub-committees of industrial policy and space security policy of the National Space Policy Commission. This week, he and Torsten discuss his home country’s place in the space race, and how as a late-starter like Germany, Japan has become a leading, spacefaring launch country whose ambitious plans for debris removal could change the fate of space for good. …

** E71 – Flying Cars! The Case for Advanced Air Mobility Aerospace Corp Space Policy (Vimeo) – Center for Space Policy & Strategy (CSPS)

** August 20, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

** April 18, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

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Space policy roundup – Aug.16.2021

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:

** Chinese Commercial Spaceplane Startup Raises 300 mil. RMB of Funding, Hints on China’s Lunar LanderDongfang Hour – YouTube

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Space News Roundup! A kind reminder that we cover many more stories every week in our Newsletter (newsletter.dongfanghour.com). This week, we discuss:
1) Space Transportation Completes RMB300M Series A round of funding, reveals more info on hypersonic vehicle roadmap
2) Further hints that China is working on a lunar lander
3) China Eastern Begins Live TV In-Flight w/ Panasonic

See also the program summary at Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 9 – 15 August 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global

** Episode 45: Analogizing Space to the Oceans as an Operational DomainSpace Thoughts (YouTube) – Space Law & Policy Solutions/Michael Listner

Discussing the comparison of outer space from the legal and operational perspective.

A blog post on analogizing outer space to the oceans in the context of space resources: https://spacethoughtsblog.wordpress.c…

The article in Seapower mentioned in this video: https://seapowermagazine.org/dickinso…

** Space Policy Edition: Mars via the Nuclear OptionPlanetary Society

Can nuclear propulsion fundamentally transform our ability to send humans to Mars? Bhavya Lal, a policy and nuclear engineering expert now working at NASA, helped write a new report on the topic for the National Academies of Sciences. She joins the show to talk about the advantages of various types of nuclear propulsion, the engineering and policy challenges that face them, and the role of government versus the private sector in developing and deploying transformational technologies.

** E70: Diversity & Inclusion Across the Nation’s FFRDCsAerospace Corp Space Policy (Vimeo) – Center for Space Policy & Strategy (CSPS)

** Space Café WebTalk – REGIONAL Benelux – 11. June 2021spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube

Simon van den Dries is the General Manager at Spire Maritime. Spire is a space-to-cloud data and analytics company that specializes in the reaching of global data sets powered by a large constellation of nanosatellites. This past week, on 11th June 2021, space-interested students Bano Barzingi and Chiara Moenter, sat down with Simon in the Space Café BeNeLux to discuss his work at Spire, as well as the factors of space sustainability trends and the multitude of uses of data from space for a better future….

** 108 – Space Debris, Climate Change and Euthanasia for SatellitesConstellations, a New Space and Satellite Innovation Podcast / Constellations Podcast – YouTube

In previous episodes of Constellations Podcast, we’ve discussed a broad range of topics, among them space law, space sustainability, and on-orbit servicing. Today we’re going to see how these are not independent issues but an integrated framework of space concerns. And to take us through it all we have with us Carolyn Belle, Director of Advanced Systems at Astroscale U.S., a company focused on space sustainability. On today’s Constellations Podcast we’ll discuss how climate change and the Kesler effect can lead to a dramatic increase in space debris. We will also learn more about on-orbit satellite servicing, especially end-of-life and life extension services. Carolyn will also describe the growing integration of the space economy with the terrestrial economy and its resulting economic impact. As a big proponent of a more diverse space community…making it more accessible to others, Carolyn talks about STEM education, mentorship programs, and building a welcoming community for underrepresented groups in the space industry.

** August 13, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

** August 11, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

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Space policy roundup – Aug.9.2021

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:

** Chinese Commercial “SAR Wars” Rages, iSpace Fails Hyperbola-1 Y3 Launch, Nebula-M Rocket First HopDongfang Hour – YouTube

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Space News Roundup! A kind reminder that we cover a lot more stories every week in our Newsletter (newsletter.dongfanghour.com).

See also the summary at Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 2 – 8 August 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global.

** Alan Stern says it’s time for suborbital science – The Planetary Society

An experiment rode next to Richard Branson when he rocketed to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo last month. Planetary scientist Alan Stern says we’ve begun a new era of affordable space research thanks to this vehicle and Blue Origin’s New Shepard. Alan also delivers an update on the New Horizons mission, including a new, definitive collection of everything we’ve learned about Pluto. Then it’s Olympic gold for Bruce Betts in our weekly What’s Up segment.

** Everything You Need to Know about the Chinese Space StationDongfang Hour – YouTube

China has been swiftly assembling its Chinese space station, basically a large 60+ tons space laboratory that will be orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 350-450 km. Over the period 2021-2022 alone, 11 launches will take place, sending 3 core modules of the space station as well as 4 crewed missions (Shenzhou) and 4 cargo missions (Tianzhou). But did you know that China’s crewed spaceflight projects date all the way back to the 1960s? In the episode, we cover “everything you need to know” about the Chinese Space Station, from a historical perspective to a detailed timeline of the station assembly. All the essentials of the CSS should be covered here, but we will have other dedicated episodes to decipher more specific technical details and features of the space station.

** Listen: How outer space is reshaping Texas real estate – Houston Chronicle

** The Space Show – Sunday, Aug.8.2021 – Open lines program with David Livingston discussing a range of topics with listeners and callers. “One key topic was the growth of naysayers about commercial space, tourism and such. Many callers on this topic, suggestions for a debate and possible guest suggestions.”

**  The Space Show – Tuesday, Aug.3.2021Dr. Pat Patterson of Utah State Univ. spoke about the SmallSat Conference for 2021.

** The Space Cafe Podcast #033: Val Munsami – why affordable space tech for anyone comes at a price – SpaceWatch.Global

** E69: Evolving the AF Academy for Space Force NeedsAerospace Corp Space Policy (Vimeo) – Center for Space Policy & Strategy (CSPS)

** Space Café WebTalk – REGIONAL RUSSIA – 4. June 2021spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube

Elina Morozova in conversation with Dr Viсtor Strelets, a high-caliber expert in the field of radio frequencies and satellite orbits with 40-years’ practical experience, including within the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), regional telecommunications organizations, and the telecommunications administration of the Russian Federation.

Viсtor Strelets has dealt for the last 40 years with various aspects of managing the orbit and frequency resource. Having defended a dissertation on the international legal protection of frequency assignments to space services and systems, Dr Strelets gained hands-on experience and industry knowledge in Russian civil service and at specialized international fora. This includes ITU Plenipotentiary Conferences, World Radiocommunication Conferences, and the Radio Regulations Board which was earlier chaired by Dr Strelets. …

** August 6, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

** August 4, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

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Space policy roundup – Aug.2.2021

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:

**  Keynote Interview: Tory Bruno, CEO, United Launch AllianceSecure World Foundation – YouTube

Keynote Speaker: Tory Bruno, CEO, United Launch Alliance (ULA)
Keynote Interviewer: Marina Koren, Staff Writer, The Atlantic

** Panel 2: Megaconstellations: The Train Has Left the Station. Now What? Secure World Foundation – YouTube

While the early radio-frequency spectrum interference issues were addressed, the regulatory system has largely failed to address the broader public interest concerns from the deployment of LEO megaconstellations. Businesses are operating in a condition of uncertain future

** iSpace’s Asymmetrical Rocket, Mystery around the Long March 9 Engine, Space Pioneer Round of FundingDongfang Hour – YouTube

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Space News Roundup! A kind reminder that we cover a lot more stories every week in our Newsletter (newsletter.dongfanghour.com).

See also the program Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 26 July – 1 August 2021 – SpaceWatch.Global

** E68: Space RescueAerospace Corp Space Policy (Vimeo) – Center for Space Policy & Strategy (CSPS)

** AST SpaceMobile space-based cellular broadband network. A relatively small constellation of 200 satellites in low earth orbit would provide global cell phone connectivity. The plan is controversial, however, because the satellites will have a large cross-section and so could would become potential sources of space debris. This AST video describes the project.

** Space Café WebTalk – Law Breakfast 3 – 25. May 2021spacewatch. global – News Room – YouTube

In the latest Space Café “Law Breakfast with Steven Freeland”, Steven Freeland and Torsten Kriening welcomed Jenni Tapio and Alexander Soucek, at the wonderful Café Aalto in Helsinki.

** The Space Show – Sunday, Aug.1.2021Dr. Jonathan McDowell, known best for Jonathan’s Space Report, talked about “space tourism, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, Elon Musk, SpaceX, Branson, Bezos, policy, human lunar landers and many other important topics and issues for space and NewSpace“.

** The Space Show – Tuesday, July.28.2021Robert Zimmerman discussed “suborbital tourism, orbital tourism, SpaceX, Branson, Bezos, Musk, policy, Artemis, the Moon, Mars, nuclear propulsion, desalinization of seawater, nuclear power, U.S. math education in the schools and much more.

** July 30, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

** July 28, 2021 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

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