Category Archives: Space Policy

Sequestration could hit NASA space science hard

Planetary science at NASA could take a major hit if the sequestration budgeting happens and the big projects like the SLS are protected from cuts:

Update: Jeff Foust reports on the sequestration impact on NASA funding: Worrying about sequestration again – Space Politics.

Responding to space in Iran, NK, and China + Space law roundup

The New York Times hosts discussion on the question of how the U.S., Europe and Russia should respond to space development in Iran, North Korea and China: A New Space Race, or Chances to Collaborate? – Room for Debate – NYTimes.com.

There are several posts including ones from Bill Nye, Anousheh Ansari, and James Oberg.

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Res Communis post the latest collection of space and aviation law, regulation and policy links: Library: A Round-up of Reading.

Space policy roundup

Jeff Foust discusses two op-eds on space policy by a Senator and a Congressman:

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John Kelly writes about GAO recommendations on how to reduced delays and overruns on big space projects by NASA and the military: GAO audit offers solutions for NASA – Florida Today

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Upcoming space policy related events: Space Policy Events for the Week of February 4-8, 2013 – SpacePolicyOnline.com

Former astronaut Mae Jemison on NPR + Space policy analyst Alan Steinberg on The Space Show

A reader points me to an audio clip of NASA astronaut Mae C. Jemison participating in the NPR Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me game show. They begin with some fun discusion of how she got interested in science and space: Astronaut Mae Jemison Plays Not My Job – NPR

In 1992, Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to fly in space when she served as a science mission specialist. We’ve invited Jemison to play a game called “Excuse me? When do we get to the Southwest terminal?” Jemison has flown in the space shuttle Endeavour, so we thought we’d ask her questions about a sometimes more unpredictable vehicle … the airport shuttle.

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Alan Steinberg spoke on the Space Show on Friday about “Protecting our space assets, weapons in space, space policy and public opinion”: Alan Steinberg, Friday, 2-1-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog

Alan took lots of questions about the role and impact on policy of space advocacy and as you will hear, its not easy or clear to pin down.  Alan had much to say on how best to influence members of congress but was clear in pointing out that space advocacy does not have the numbers of the larger and more powerful lobbying groups that are far more effective in influencing policy than is the space community.