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):

• Schedule:
  • What’s Happening in Space Policy August 22-September 4 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • 36th Space Symposium – August 23rd – 26th, 2021
  • 2021 Satellite Innovation, Oct.5-7.2021
• NASA lunar programs:
  • Nelson: Blue Origin lawsuit adds further delays to Artemis – SpaceNews
  • Can SpaceX’s Elon Musk help NASA get back to the moon by 2024 after all? | TheHill
  • Space suits:
    • Op-ed | Private industry spacesuit advancements are the solution to OIG report findings – SpaceNews
  • Artemis human landing system selection:
    • GAO ruling on HLS award protest:
      • GAO report details rejection of HLS protests – SpaceNews
    • Blue Origin HLS :
      • NASA “Pauses” HLS Contract With SpaceX – SpacePolicyOnline.com
      • SpaceX’s lunar lander contract on hold again pending Blue Origin’s laws – The Verge
      • Here’s why Blue Origin thinks it is justified in continuing to protest NASA | Ars Technica
• Commercial Cargo & Crew:
  • Boeing Starliner uncrewed test mission:
    • Starliner Returns to Factory, Preparations Underway to Resolve Valve Issue – Commercial Crew Program/NASA
• US and Russia in space:
  • US Still Interested in Possibility of Having Astronauts Fly on Board Soyuz, Roscosmos Says – Sputnik International
• NASA science programs:
  • This Report Could Make or Break the Next 30 Years of U.S. Astronomy – Scientific American
• Space technology:
  • Where the sun always shines: Putting solar in space | Ars Technica
• Commercial space:
  • Op-ed | Unlocking New Economic Frontiers in Space – SpaceNews
  • Space Exploration: Private Firms Outperform NASA | National Review
  • LEO:
    • Factories in Space? Yeah, That’s a Thing Now | The Motley Fool
  • Human spaceflight/Space tourism:
    • Inspiration4 launch nears as intense training schedule continues – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • Science:
    • Rocket Lab Spacecraft Confirmed for Mars as NASA Greenlights ESCAPADE Small Satellite Interplanetary Mission | Rocket Lab
  •  Constellations
    • OneWeb constellation nears 300 satellites after Arianespace launch – SpaceNews
    • Musk’s Space Push Forces Satellite Rivals Into Merger Mode – Bloomberg
    • SpaceX President reveals 600,000 global Starlink internet preorders – Teslarati
• Regulation – spectrum, export control, launch, etc:
  • No Pressure Suits? Bezos, Branson Spark Alarms Over Safety in Space – Bloomberg
• Space law:
  • Space Café WebTalk with Antonino Salmeri Recap: From Sicily to the Moon with law – SpaceWatch.Global
• Space traffic & environment issues:
  • Russian Space Junk Slammed Into A Chinese Satellite, Says U.S. Space Force – Forbes
  • To solve space traffic woes, look to the high seas | MIT Technology Review
  • The knives aimed at SpaceX are getting sharpened – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman
  • Op-ed | Space tourism’s environmental price tag – SpaceNews
  • Orbital debris removal:
    • Millennium Space in an experiment de-orbited a satellite in eight months – SpaceNews
• US states space:
  • Ohio:
    • Still hard to believe Ohio is missing from NASA’s upcoming moon missions | The Blade
  •  Texas:
    • SpaceX launch site brings controversy to Texas town – 60 Minutes Plus/CBS News
• Weather & other earth observation satellites:
  • Maxar’s WorldView-1 Captures General, Overhead Views Of Evacuation Chaos At Hamid Karzai Int’l Airport In Afghanistan – SatNews
• GPS:
  • PNT alternatives champion open-market approach – SpaceNews
• US Defense space:
  • HQ selection:
    • Lamborn: The fight to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado is not over – SpaceNews
    • Trump says he ‘single-handedly’ picked Alabama for Space Command, contradicting Pentagon | TheHill
    • Trump on Space Command move: ‘I single-handedly said let’s go to Alabama’ – al.com
  •  Organizational:
    • The Space Force met its 18-month deadline to get up and running. Here’s what’s next. – Air Force Times
    • Dickinson: US Space Command is on ‘good glide path’ to full operational capability – Defense News
  • Commercial services:
    • Space Force awards $32 million in contracts to startups and small businesses – SpaceNews
  • Technology:
    • On National Security | In the new space era, a changing role for the U.S. government – SpaceNews
    • Pentagon Poised To Unveil, Demonstrate Classified Space Weapon – Breaking Defense

International space

• Multi-national:
  • BRICS space agencies share remote sensing satellite data – SpaceWatch.Global
• Australia:
  • WA’s first space satellite to enter orbit | PerthNow
  • Airbus To Deliver NexGen MILSATCOM For Australia – SatNews
• Chile:
  • How will rural Chileans use SpaceX Starlink? – CIS 471
• China:
  • Space station:
    • Chinese astronauts complete second spacewalk outside space station – Spaceflight Now
    • China Space Station: 2nd EVA Success – Leonard David
  • Tianwen-1 lander and Zhurong rover on Mars:
    • China’s Mars rover accomplishes planned exploration tasks – Xinhua
  • Science:
    • Across China: Space tech assists Chinese farmers to fish fortune in ponds – Xinhua
    • Chinese astronomers want to build an observatory in the Tibetan Plateau | MIT Technology Review
  • Launch:
    • China launches new satellite group – Xinhua
• Europe:
  • Astronaut applicants asked for patience as numbers exceed forecasts – ESA
  • ExoMars 2022 mission in final testing, ESA & Roscosmos prepare for approaching launch – NASASpaceFlight.com
  • Ariane 5 upper stage for James Webb on its way to Kourou – SpaceWatch.Global
• India:
  • US court allows Devas investors to track down ISRO commercial arm Antrix’s assets to recover $1.3 billion compensation – The Indian Express
  • A major setback – The Statesman
  • ISRO soon to carry out static test of solid fuel engine for small rocket – National Herald
• Japan:
  • Japan aims to bring back soil samples from Mars moon by 2029 – ABC News
• Philippines:
  • UAE and Philippines to collaborate on space exploration – SatellitePro ME
• Russia:
  • Russian tech firm develops new radar for safe launch of satellites – TASS
  • Lunar missions:
    • Russia’s Luna-25: Moon Lander Takeoff Delayed – Leonard David
• Saudi Arabia:
  • Saudi Arabia’s solutions by STC announces IPO – SatellitePro ME
• South Korea:
  • South Korea to invest $13.6 billion to bolster defenses capabilities in outer space – SpaceNews
• UAE:
  • UAE and Philippines to collaborate on space exploration – SatellitePro ME
•  UK:
  • Judge rules Sutherland spaceport project can go ahead | The National
  • Sutherland spaceport overcomes another legal challenge – Planet Radio
  • British court dismisses billionaire’s lawsuit against Sutherland spaceport – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman

Webcasts:

** Workforce & Growth of Chinese Launch Companies, Shenzhou 12 Crew 2nd Spacewalk, Updates from Spacety – Dongfang 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 Startup – Dongfang 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.17.2021 – Michael 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.18.2021 – Anatoly 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.20.2021 – Kevin 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.22.2021 – John Hunt “broke 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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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):

• Schedule:
  • What’s Happening in Space Policy August 15-28, 2021 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA lunar programs:
  • Space suits:
    • NASA’s Development of Next–Generation Spacesuits – NASA OIG (pdf)
    • Elon Musk: SpaceX could make new astronaut spacesuits for NASA – CNBC
    • A $500 Million Spacesuit? Welcome to NASA Contracting. – Bloomberg
    • Lunar spacesuits won’t be ready in time for 2024 landing – SpaceNews
  • Commercial lunar missions:
    • Intuitive Machines selects SpaceX for launch of third lunar lander mission – SpaceNews
    • Lunar cubesats head to the launch pad – SpaceNews
    • Rocket Lab to Launch NASA Funded Commercial Moon Mission from New Zealand | Rocket Lab
  • Artemis human landing system selection:
    • SpaceX:
      • SpaceX receives first major Starship Moon lander funding from NASA – Teslarati
    • GAO ruling on HLS award protest:
      • GAO report details rejection of HLS protests – SpaceNews
        • Blue Origin Federation, LLC; Dynetics, Inc.-A Leidos Company | U.S. GAO
      • Was SpaceX’s lunar lander win a fait accompli? — Washington Technology
    • Blue Origin HLS :
      • Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin takes NASA to federal court over HLS contract – CNBC
      • Blue Origin sues NASA over Human Landing System contract – SpaceNews
      • This is probably why Blue Origin keeps protesting NASA’s lunar lander award | Ars Technica
• Biden space:
  • Harris Selection of Chirag Parikh to Lead Space Council Wins Wide Praise – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Microsoft director with intelligence background will lead the White House’s space council – The Verge
• Congressional space:
  • NASA’s Hopes for Infrastructure Funding Grow to $15.7 Billion – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA launch:
  • SLS/Orion:
    • Update on SLS: launch prep continues, launch in 2021 remains doubtful – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman
• Commercial Cargo & Crew:
  • SpaceX Dragon cargo:
    • NASA Announces Date for SpaceX’s 23rd Cargo Resupply Mission | NASA
  • Boeing Starliner uncrewed test mission:
    • Boeing to ground Starliner indefinitely until valve issue solved | Ars Technica
    • Boeing gives up on near-term launch of Starliner space capsule – CBS News
    • NASA, Boeing to Move Starliner to Production Facility for Propulsion System Evaluation – Commercial Crew Program/NASA
    • Starliner test flight faces months-long delay – SpaceNews
  • Northrop-Grumman Cygnus cargo:
    • Cygnus Installed on Unity Module for Cargo Transfers – Space Station/NASA
    • NASA Science, Cargo Launches on Northrop Grumman Resupply Mission | NASA
• US and China in space:
  • The China Challenge: Space Race 2.0 – Discourse
• US and Russia in space:
  • NASA stands by its astronaut after incendiary Russian claims | Ars Technica
  • Russia’s space program just threw a NASA astronaut under the bus | Ars Technica
  • After Near-Disaster With New Russian Space Module, More Murk Over Mysterious Holes – Radio Free Europe
  • Russian space officials try to blame NASA astronaut for Soyuz air leak in 2018 with baseless accusations: report | Space.com
• Space technology:
  • Solar Power from Space? Caltech’s $100 Million Gambit – IEEE Spectrum
• ISS & other space stations:
  • NASA mulls how to dispose of International Space Station – UPI.com
• Commercial space:
  • Could billionaires in space bring science back to the moon? | COMMENTARY – Baltimore Sun
  • LEO:
    • Euroconsult: Pandemic does little to slow smallsat sector – SpaceNews
    • Rocket Lab Inks Deal with Varda Space Industries to Supply Multiple Photon Spacecraft for Space Manufacturing Missions | Rocket Lab
  • GEO:
    • Measat gives up on drifting satellite in a blow for insurers – SpaceNews
  • Human spaceflight/Space tourism:
    • SpaceX’s 1st private astronaut mission, Inspiration4, is just one month from launching into history | Space.com
    • Inspiration4 and the Long History of Civilian Space Flight | TIME
  • Constellations
    • SpaceX to acquire small satellite startup Swarm Technologies – The Verge
• Regulation – spectrum, export control, launch, etc:
  • With a single photo, SpaceX sent a not-so-subtle message to FAA regulators | Ars Technica
    • Eric Berger: FAA regulators should get out of the way – Behind The Black/Robert Zimmerman
  • Federal Trade Commission chair appears skeptical of proposed Lockheed-Aerojet merger – SpaceNews
• Space law:
  • Dickinson Details Tenets of Responsible Space Behavior in Domain That Shares Similarities to the Sea – Seapower
• Space traffic & environment issues:
  • The world must cooperate to avoid a catastrophic space collision – Nature
  • Space Debris: New Report Flags Increasing Risk – Leonard David
    • Space debris ‒ IRGC ‐ EPFL
    • Collision risk from space debris: Current status, challenges and response strategies – EPFL (pdf)
  • Satellite operators to test a new collaboration tool designed to help prevent collisions – SpaceNews
  • Exponential growth of cubesats may be tapering off – SpaceNews
  • Orbital debris removal:
    • Electrodynamic tethers speed up satellite reentry timelines – SpaceNews
• US states space:
  • New Mexico:
    • Original spaceport booster: ‘New Mexico can pull this off’ – Currentargus.com
  • Georgia spaceport at Camden County:
    • Park Service pushes back against licensing Georgia spaceport – gillettenewsrecord.com
• Weather & other earth observation satellites:
  • Satellite photos show Dixie Fire’s devastation to California town in before-and-after views | Space.com
  • Record-breaking 2021 wildfire season captured in satellite images | Space.com
  • NASA Unveils New Interactive Website Ahead of Landsat 9 Launch | NASA
• US Defense space:
  • U.S. Army brigade teaches military forces about the value of space – SpaceNews
  • Organizational:
    • ‘They want people to take them seriously’: Space Force wary of taking over UFO mission – POLITICO
    • USSF, UND sign MOU establishing University Partnership Program – United States Space Force
    • End of an era: Space and Missile Systems Center is now Space Systems Command – SpaceNews
    • Army Says It Wants Space Capabilities, Not Sats – Breaking Defense
  • Cybersecurity:
    • Cyberspace and outer space are new frontiers for national security, according to an expert report – The Conversation
    • U.S. Army space commander concerned about disruptions to satellites – SpaceNews
  • Commercial services:
    • Space Force to kick off new program to attract small businesses and startups – SpaceNews
  • Space transport:
    • Space Force Expands Commercial Launch Services Pool – Breaking Defense
    • ABL, Astra, Relativity selected to compete for U.S. Space Force responsive launch contracts – SpaceNews
    • Space Force Dreams of Using Rockets to Supply Warfighters – National Defense Magazine
  • GPS:
    • U.S. military doubles down on GPS despite vulnerabilities – SpaceNews
  • Satellites:
    • Space Development Agency launches experimental infrared sensor into orbit – c4isrnet.com
  • Technology:
    • SpaceWERX launch drives AFWERX small business focus on universities and on-orbit capability – Air Force Research Laboratory
    • Hyten: To counter hypersonic missiles DoD needs ‘overhead sensors that see everything’ – SpaceNews

International space

• Africa:
  • Opinion: Space Initiatives in Africa Offer a Canvas of Opportunity – SpaceWatch.Global
• Canada:
  • Government of Canada announces $1.44-billion investment in Telesat supporting the future of connectivity for rural and remote communities – tmcnet.com
  • Feds pump $1.44 billion into Telesat’s Lightspeed satellite network | Ottawa Business Journal
• China:
  • Space station:
    • Chinese rocket for Tianzhou-3 mission arrives at launch site – Xinhua
    • Rocket arrives for second Chinese space station cargo mission – SpaceNews
  • Science missions:
    • China Plans Near-Earth Asteroid Smash-and-Grab – IEEE Spectrum
  • Commercial space:
    • Startup wants to develop cargo services for Chinese space station – SpaceNews
  • Launch:
    • ABL, Astra, Relativity selected to compete for U.S. Space Force responsive launch contracts – SpaceNews
  • Military:
    • China’s space lasers increasing under ‘anti-satellite tactics’ – Sydney Morning Herald
• Europe:
  • Opinion: The European Commercial Ecosystem – SpaceWatch.Global
• India:
  • India Independence: The rise of a space power, India News News | wionews.com
  • GSLV launch failure:
    • ISRO mission failure shows need for higher reliability in India’s GSLV Cryogenic Engine – Zee News
    • It’s a shock but we will recover, says ex-ISRO chairman Madhavan Nair on GSLV launch failure – ThePrint.in
    • Indian GSLV launch fails – SpaceNews
  • Human spaceflight:
    • Meet Kerala’S Santhosh George Kulangara, Who Could Be India’S First Space Tourist – CNBCTV18.com
  • Science missions:
    • Moon Water Witching: New Studies – Leonard David
• Isle of Man:
  • Elon Musk’s SpaceX has set up a Starlink satellite base on Isle of Man – CNBC
• Israel:
  • Israel’s Tech Boom Will Include Arabs – WSJ
• Japan:
  • Japan public-private research group to explore food production on Moon – Kyodo News
• Russia:
  • After Near-Disaster With New Russian Space Module, More Murk Over Mysterious Holes – Radio Free Europe
  • Launch:
    • Russia’s Soyuz-2.1b rocket assembled at Baikonur spaceport to launch OneWeb satellites – Science & Space – TASS
  • Human spaceflight and tourism:
    • Russia to help train, put in space Tunisia’s woman astronaut — Roscosmos – TASS
  • Lunar missions:
    • Roscosmos chief says Russian cosmonauts will not be left without spacesuits – TASS
  • ISS:
    • Russia’s new Prichal nodal module delivered to Baikonur spaceport – TASS
    • Russian cosmonauts to grow greenery ‘on industrial scale’ in Nauka module on ISS – TASS
• South Korea:
  • South Korea’s Hanwha enlarges space focus with $300 million OneWeb investment – SpaceNews
  • Hanwha Group to Invest US$300 Mil. in OneWeb – Businesskorea
  • Spire Global Partners with Hancom Group in First Commercial Satellite Mission for South Korea | Business Wire
  • S. Korea seeks ‘comprehensive’ approach to space development in light of diplomacy, nat’l security | Yonhap News Agency
• Thailand:
  • Thailand moving to enact Space Activities Act – SpaceNews
• Tunisia:
  • Russia to help train, put in space Tunisia’s woman astronaut — Roscosmos – Science & Space – TASS
• UAE
  • Meet the Emiratis who face eight months of isolation to replicate Mars trip
  • The United Arab Emirates has 2 new astronauts. They’re shooting for the moon. | Space.com
  • Two Emiratis set for eight-month isolation mission to replicate journey to Mars – The National News
• UK:
  • UK ploughs £9.5million into space wars satellite the size of a washing machine – Mirror Online
  • MoD launches £9.5m project to protect ‘our way of life’ as Russia and China threaten UK – Express.co.uk
  • £1.2 million to help the UK make space safer – SpaceWatch.Global

Webcasts:

** Chinese Commercial Spaceplane Startup Raises 300 mil. RMB of Funding, Hints on China’s Lunar Lander – Dongfang 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 Domain – Space 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 Option – Planetary 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 FFRDCs – Aerospace Corp Space Policy (Vimeo) – Center for Space Policy & Strategy (CSPS)

** Space Café WebTalk – REGIONAL Benelux – 11. June 2021 – spacewatch. 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 Satellites – Constellations, 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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