{"id":17233,"date":"2018-12-10T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17233"},"modified":"2018-12-10T14:32:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T19:32:41","slug":"space-policy-roundup-dec-10-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17233","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Dec.10.2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government\u00a0(US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Schedule:\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"What\u2019s Happening in Space Policy December 9-15, 2018 \u2013 SpacePolicyOnline.com\" href=\"https:\/\/spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/whats-happening-in-space-policy-december-9-15-2018\/\">What\u2019s Happening in Space Policy December 9-15, 2018 \u2013 SpacePolicyOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>NASA commercial:\n<ul>\n<li><em>Update<\/em>:\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Commercial Crew (CCtCAP) - Discussion Thread\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.nasaspaceflight.com\/index.php?topic=35717.msg1886039#msg1886039\">[Slides from recent CCP review at NAC meeting] &#8211; Commercial Crew (CCtCAP) &#8211; Discussion Thread<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/atoms\/files\/nac_ccp_status_dec_6_2018_non-sbu.pdf\">Commercial Crew Program (CCP) Status, Phillip McAlister, NASA\u00a0 (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/nasa-and-spacex-still-aiming-for-january-commercial-crew-test-flight\/\">NASA and SpaceX still aiming for January commercial crew test flight &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-06\/musk-meets-with-nasa-on-spacex-launch-key-to-flying-astronauts\">Musk Meets With NASA on SpaceX Launch Key to Flying Astronauts &#8211; Bloomberg<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Political space:\n<ul>\n<li><em>Update<\/em>: <a title=\"The Space Review: Congress and commerce in the final frontier (part 1): A brief legislative history of US commercial space law\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thespacereview.com\/article\/3619\/1\">Congress and commerce in the final frontier (part 1): A brief legislative history of US commercial space law &#8211; The Space Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/culberson-optimistic-about-2019-spending-bill-and-europa-mission-funding\/\">Culberson optimistic about 2019 spending bill and Europa mission funding &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/culberson-optimistic-restrictions-on-us-china-space-cooperation-will-remain\/\">Culberson Optimistic Restrictions on US-China Space Cooperation Will Remain \u2013 SpacePolicyOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Congress Clears Bill to Fund Government Through December 21 \u2013 SpacePolicyOnline.com\" href=\"https:\/\/spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/congress-clears-bill-to-fund-government-through-december-21\/\">Congress Clears Bill to Fund Government Through December 21 \u2013 SpacePolicyOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>US military space:\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Is It Time for 'Space Arms Control'? | The National Interest\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/buzz\/it-time-space-arms-control-38152\">Is It Time for &#8216;Space Arms Control&#8217;? | The National Interest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/after-two-year-defense-buildup-pentagon-still-lags-in-technology-innovation\/\">After two-year defense buildup, Pentagon still lags in technology innovation &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/griffin-pentagon-scrambling-to-figure-out-space-reorganization\/\">Griffin: Pentagon \u2018scrambling\u2019 to figure out space reorganization &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Space settlement:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/four-legal-challenges-to-resolve-before-settling-on-mars\">Four Legal Challenges to Resolve Before Settling on Mars &#8211; Futurism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ssi.org\/looking-ahead-to-2019-2\/\">Looking Ahead to 2019 | Space Studies Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Canadian space:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/acuriousguy.blogspot.com\/2018\/12\/space-mining-and-innovation-should-be.html\">Space Mining and Innovation Should Be Encouraged Through the Tax Code, According to NRCan and CATA Alliance &#8211; The Commercial Space Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chinese space:\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Why Boeing Just Backed Out of Satellite Deal With a China-Funded Firm. | Fortune\" href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2018\/12\/07\/boeing-china-satellite\/\">Why Boeing Just Backed Out of Satellite Deal With a China-Funded Firm. | Fortune<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gbtimes.com\/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-change-4-mission-to-the-far-side-of-the-moon\">Here&#8217;s what you need to know about the Chang&#8217;e-4 mission to the far side of the Moon | gbtimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2018-12\/07\/c_137657116.htm\">China launches two satellites for Saudi Arabia &#8211; Xinhua | English.news.cn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2018\/12\/long-march-2d-saudisat-5a-b\/\">Long March 2D launches SaudiSAT-5A\/B \u2013 NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ethiopian space:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/africatimes.com\/2018\/12\/06\/ethiopias-satellite-plans-come-with-strings-attached\/\">Ethiopia&#8217;s satellite plans come with strings attached | Africa Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Euro space:\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"BBC - Future - The rocket tower being built in tropical jungle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/story\/20181206-the-rocket-tower-being-built-in-tropical-jungle\">The rocket tower being built in tropical jungle &#8211; BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Indian space:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/talk-point\/can-india-be-the-next-space-startup-haven-or-will-china-beat-us-to-it\/160154\/\">Can India be the next space startup haven, or will China beat us to it? &#8211; ThePrint.in<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tass.com\/science\/1034859\">India, Russia to create working group on cooperation in manned cosmonautics &#8211; TASS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Politics\/International-Relations\/Japan-India-Space-Dialogue-to-include-surveillance-sharing\">Japan-India &#8216;Space Dialogue&#8217; to include surveillance sharing &#8211; Nikkei Asian Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>New Zealand Space:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noted.co.nz\/money\/business\/rocket-lab-how-new-zealand-entered-space-race\/\">Rocket Lab: The extraordinary story of how New Zealand entered the space race &#8211; The Listener<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Russian space:\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Russia's crumbling Baikonur spaceport is Earth's only launch pad for manned flights - ABC News\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/russias-crumbling-baikonur-spaceport-earths-launchpad-manned-flights\/story?id=59677739\">Russia&#8217;s crumbling Baikonur spaceport is Earth&#8217;s only launch pad for manned flights &#8211; ABC News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tass.com\/science\/1034455\">Roscosmos claims it is victim of smear campaign in Russian, foreign media &#8211; TASS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interfax.com\/newsinf.asp?pg=2&amp;id=874764\">Rogozin to supervise key int&#8217;l space projects &#8211; Roscosmos &#8211; Interfax<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tass.com\/science\/1034847\">Roscosmos in talks on deploying GLONASS stations in US &#8211; TASS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>South Korean space:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.koreatimes.co.kr\/www\/opinion\/2018\/12\/202_260010.html\">Promoting space industry &#8211; Korea Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/thales-alenia-space-to-build-four-radar-satellites-for-south-korea\/\">Thales Alenia Space to build four radar satellites for South Korea &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Webcasts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>**\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/show\/07-dec-2018\/broadcast-3233-dr.-george-fox\"><strong>The Space Show &#8211; Fri, 12\/07\/2018<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/guest\/dr.-george-fox\"><strong>Dr. George Fox<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0discussed\u00a0&#8220;hardy Earth organisms survive mission sterilization, humans to Mars, Planetary Protection, the lunar environment, RNA sequencing, and more&#8221;.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17233-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/sites\/default\/files\/shows\/3233-BWB-2018-12-07.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/sites\/default\/files\/shows\/3233-BWB-2018-12-07.mp3\">http:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/sites\/default\/files\/shows\/3233-BWB-2018-12-07.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>**\u00a0<strong>Dr. Robert Zubrin &#8211; Why a lunar base is better than LOP-G <\/strong>&#8211; 21st Annual Mars Society Convention<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/buLzhqgQbpA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government\u00a0(US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest: Schedule: What\u2019s Happening in Space Policy December 9-15, 2018 \u2013 SpacePolicyOnline.com NASA commercial: Update: [Slides from recent CCP review at NAC meeting] &#8211; Commercial Crew (CCtCAP) &#8211; Discussion Thread Commercial Crew &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17233\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; Dec.10.2018<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-policy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4tX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19929,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19929","url_meta":{"origin":17233,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; 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