{"id":17384,"date":"2018-12-20T14:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T19:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17384"},"modified":"2018-12-20T17:28:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T22:28:41","slug":"space-policy-roundup-dec-21-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17384","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Dec.21.2018 [Update]"},"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>Space politics:\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Space policy wonk prepares to take her seat in Congress - POLITICO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/12\/19\/congress-space-kendra-horn-oklahoma-1068032\">Space policy wonk prepares to take her seat in Congress &#8211; POLITICO\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Americans overestimate NASA's share of US budget, poll data suggests - Business Insider\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/nasa-budget-estimates-opinions-poll-2018-12\">Americans overestimate NASA&#8217;s share of US budget, poll data suggests &#8211; Business Insider<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Op-Ed | Space: the new economic frontier - SpaceNews.com\" href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/space-the-new-economic-frontier\/\">Op-Ed | Space: the new economic frontier &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>NASA commercial programs:\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Op-ed | CLPS will jump-start the lunar economy - SpaceNews.com\" href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/op-ed-clps-will-jump-start-the-lunar-economy\/\">Op-ed | CLPS will jump-start the lunar economy &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Dragon shows off its new, integrated solar arrays as SpaceX nears first flight | Ars Technica\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2018\/12\/spacex-releases-new-photos-of-dragon-january-test-flight-on-target\/\">Dragon shows off its new, integrated solar arrays as SpaceX nears first flight | Ars Technica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Space rules:\n<ul>\n<li><em>Update<\/em>: <a title=\"FCC Reaches $900,000 Settlement for Unauthorized Satellite Launch | Federal Communications Commission\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/document\/fcc-reaches-900000-settlement-unauthorized-satellite-launch-0\">FCC Reaches $900,000 Settlement for Unauthorized Satellite Launch | Federal Communications Commission<\/a> (See <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.fcc.gov\/public\/attachments\/DOC-355578A1.pdf\">PDF<\/a> for full statement)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"What is the K\u00e1rm\u00e1n line, and where is the edge of space?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/science\/2018\/12\/where-is-the-edge-of-space-and-what-is-the-karman-line\/\">What is the K\u00e1rm\u00e1n line, and where is the edge of space? &#8211; National Geographic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>US military space:\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Pence briefed on Space Force proposal at Pentagon meeting - SpaceNews.com\" href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/pence-briefed-on-space-force-proposal-and-other-topics-at-pentagon-meeting\/\">Pence briefed on Space Force proposal at Pentagon meeting &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Trump Orders Establishment of Unified Combatant U.S. Space Command \u2013 SpacePolicyOnline.com\" href=\"https:\/\/spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/trump-orders-establishment-of-unified-combatant-u-s-space-command\/\">Trump Orders Establishment of Unified Combatant U.S. Space Command \u2013 SpacePolicyOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Space Command is coming back, but Space Force still needs approval from Congress - The Verge\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/12\/18\/18146433\/trump-space-force-combatant-command-department-of-defense-usstratcom\">Space Command is coming back, but Space Force still needs approval from Congress &#8211; The Verge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Trump re-establishes U.S. Space Command - POLITICO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/12\/18\/white-house-establishes-us-space-command-1038139\">Trump re-establishes U.S. Space Command &#8211; POLITICO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Op-ed | Preserving our eyes in the sky - SpaceNews.com\" href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/op-ed-preserving-our-eyes-in-the-sky\/\">Op-ed | Preserving our eyes in the sky &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Pentagon procurement chief Ellen Lord: DoD needs launch vehicles for small satellites - SpaceNews.com\" href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/pentagon-procurement-chief-ellen-lord-dod-needs-launch-vehicles-for-small-satellites\/\">Pentagon procurement chief Ellen Lord: DoD needs launch vehicles for small satellites &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Canadian space:\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Ottawa must reinstate support for Quebec\u2019s aerospace industry - The Globe and Mail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/commentary\/article-ottawa-must-reinstate-support-for-quebecs-aerospace-industry\/\">Ottawa must reinstate support for Quebec\u2019s aerospace industry &#8211; The Globe and Mail<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How Canada Can Create a Sustainable National Space Infrastructure - SpaceQ\" href=\"https:\/\/spaceq.ca\/how-canada-can-create-a-sustainable-national-space-infrastructure\/\">How Canada Can Create a Sustainable National Space Infrastructure &#8211; SpaceQ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chinese space:\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"China launched more rockets into orbit in 2018 than any other country - MIT Technology Review\" href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/s\/612595\/china-launched-more-rockets-into-orbit-in-2018-than-any-other-country\/\">China launched more rockets into orbit in 2018 than any other country &#8211; MIT Technology Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"China And France's CNES Discuss Climate Science And Space Cooperation - SpaceWatch.Global\" href=\"https:\/\/spacewatch.global\/2018\/12\/china-and-frances-cnes-discuss-climate-science-and-space-cooperation\/\">China And France&#8217;s CNES Discuss Climate Science And Space Cooperation &#8211; SpaceWatch.Global<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Euro space:\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Council agrees its position on future EU space programme - Consilium\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/en\/press\/press-releases\/2018\/12\/20\/council-agrees-its-position-on-future-eu-space-programme\/#\">Council agrees its position on future EU space programme &#8211; Consilium<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Singapore's Astroscale Enters Data Sharing Agreement With ESA - SpaceWatch.Global\" href=\"https:\/\/spacewatch.global\/2018\/12\/singapores-astroscale-enters-data-sharing-agreement-with-esa\/\">Singapore&#8217;s Astroscale Enters Data Sharing Agreement With ESA &#8211; SpaceWatch.Global<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Russian space:\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Soyuz MS-09 With 3 Crew Members Lands Successfully in Kazakhstan - Reports - Sputnik International\" href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/science\/201812201070847387-russia-soyuz-landing\/\">Soyuz MS-09 With 3 Crew Members Lands Successfully in Kazakhstan &#8211; Reports &#8211; Sputnik International<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"TASS: Science &amp; Space - Investigators to get samples from punctured Soyuz MS-09 in coming days\" href=\"http:\/\/tass.com\/science\/1036939\">Investigators to get samples from punctured Soyuz MS-09 in coming days &#8211; TASS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Crew of three safely lands in Kazakhstan after 197-day space mission \u2013 Spaceflight Now\" href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2018\/12\/20\/crew-of-three-safely-lands-in-kazakhstan-after-197-day-space-mission\/\">Crew of three safely lands in Kazakhstan after 197-day space mission \u2013 CBS News\/Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>UK space:\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Organisations show 'considerable interest' in \u00a317m Sutherland spaceport plan | Press and Journal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pressandjournal.co.uk\/fp\/news\/highlands\/1636221\/organisations-show-considerable-interest-in-17m-spaceport-plan\/\">Organisations show &#8216;considerable interest&#8217; in \u00a317m Sutherland spaceport plan | Press and Journal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Webcasts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>** <a title=\"December 18, 2018 Zimmerman\/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black\" href=\"https:\/\/behindtheblack.com\/behind-the-black\/points-of-information\/december-18-2018-zimmerman-batchelor-podcast\/\">December 18, 2018 Zimmerman\/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Audioboom player\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7122893-visit-with-the-prototype-of-the-apollo-ascent-engine-bob-zimmerman-behindtheblack-com\/embed\/v4#?secret=P6xhz31a1y\" data-secret=\"P6xhz31a1y\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Audioboom player\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7122897-the-last-of-the-rings-of-saturn-bob-zimmerman-behindtheblack-com\/embed\/v4#?secret=vkMKTyKwtT\" data-secret=\"vkMKTyKwtT\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>** <a title=\"How Canada Can Create a Sustainable National Space Infrastructure - SpaceQ\" href=\"https:\/\/spaceq.ca\/how-canada-can-create-a-sustainable-national-space-infrastructure\/\">How Canada Can Create a Sustainable National Space Infrastructure &#8211; 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POLITICO\u00a0 Americans overestimate NASA&#8217;s share of US budget, poll data suggests &#8211; Business Insider Op-Ed | Space: the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17384\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; Dec.21.2018 [Update]<\/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-17384","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-4wo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5416,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5416","url_meta":{"origin":17384,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; 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Oct.14.13","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A collection of links to recent space policy\/politics related items: Space Policy Events for the Week of October 13-19, 2013 - SpacePolicyOnline At hearing, senator presses aerospace industry to be more vocal about shutdown\u2019s effects - Space Politics Congress can agree on something: honoring a Mercury astronaut - Space Politics\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Space Policy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Space Policy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2735,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2735","url_meta":{"origin":17384,"position":4},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; June.11.13","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Links to some recent space policy related items: NASA operating plan adjusts commercial crew, planetary science funding - Space Politics Confirmed: NASA Defies the Will of Congress by Raiding Planetary Science Funding - The Planetary Society Suborbital research enters a time of transition - The Space Review A values-based approach\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Space Policy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Space Policy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7365,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7365","url_meta":{"origin":17384,"position":5},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; 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