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
Webcasts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n** Quartz asks government and business leaders in Davos about the new space age <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong><a title=\"53 - The State of Mars 2019 (feat. Brendan Byrne and Emilee Speck) - WeMartians Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wemartians.com\/episode053\/\">WeMartians 53 \u2013 The State of Mars 2019 (feat. Brendan Byrne and Emilee Speck)<\/a><\/strong> – “The fourth season of WeMartians has begun, and we bring in our friends and regular guests Brendan Byrne and Emilee Speck to talk about rockets, rovers, and Mars in pop culture.”<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17645-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/s\/content.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/Ep53.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/s\/content.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/Ep53.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/s\/content.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/Ep53.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ispcs.com\/\">ISPCS 2018<\/a>: Panel Discussion: CRS Progress toward the Commercialization Tipping Point<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Chair: Ven C. Feng, Manager of the International Space Station (ISS) Transportation Integration Office, NASA JSC<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Bob Richards, Vice President, Human Spaceflight Systems, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems Sector<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Benjamin Reed, Director of Commercial Crew Mission Management, SpaceX<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Steve Lindsey, Vice President, Space Exploration Systems, Sierra Nevada Corporation<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>NASA\u2019s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) providers have been highly successful resupplying the ISS and advancing the low Earth orbit economy. By merging NASA\u2019s extensive technical expertise with industry\u2019s agility and innovative methods, these private-public partnerships are leading the way to leading the way to lowering the cost of access to space and broadening the market for NASA, DoD, industry and academia. Come hear form key leaders at NASA, Northrop Grumman, Sierra Nevada Corporation, and SpaceX on their progress toward the \u201ctipping point\u201d of commercialization of low Earth orbit.<\/em><\/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\/XR2YlBNHDxw?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&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<p>** <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ispcs.com\/\">ISPCS 2018<\/a>: Panel Discussion: Commercial Crew: Changing the Face of Human Space Transportation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair: Kathryn Lueders, Program Manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA<\/li>\n<li>John Mulholland, Vice President and Program Manager for Commercial Programs, Space Exploration, The Boeing Company<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin Reed, Director of Commercial Crew Mission Management, SpaceX<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The scales have tipped and as a result, NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program has changed the face of the space transportation industry. Commercial Crew, along with partners Boeing and SpaceX, will soon complete uncrewed and crewed test flights as part of the certification of their spaceflight systems. This historic government-industry partnership will allow for routine crewed missions to the International Space Station from American soil, once more. Join representatives from NASA, Boeing and SpaceX as they discuss the challenges and opportunities inherent in commercial spaceflight.<\/em><\/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\/-muLfXSr69M?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&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<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=ur2&o=1\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&tag=hobbyspace&linkCode=ur2&linkId=83bcfeddf696d358f69568254bcd9ce9&camp=1789&creative=9325&node=172282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out the Best Selling Electronics at Amazon<\/a><\/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 January 27-February 2, 2019 \u2013 SpacePolicyOnline.com NASA projects: In New Moon Race, NASA Values Teamwork Over Competition – space.com Govt. shutdown: NASA Gets a Three … <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17645\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup – Jan.28.2019<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-policy","category-spacecasts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4AB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":497,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=497","url_meta":{"origin":17645,"position":0},"title":"Dennis Wingo: Expanding a vision of space beyond NASA","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Dennis Wingo recently posted an essay about the need for a space policy that went beyond the usual Space polic =NASA policy paradigm: Space Abhors a Policy Vacuum: The NRC Report and The Need for a Broad National Space Policy -\u00a0 Moonandback. In this follow-up, he emphasizes the need to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Space Policy"","block_context":{"text":"Space Policy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2881,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2881","url_meta":{"origin":17645,"position":1},"title":"Space policy roundup – June.18.13","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Some space policy for today: NASA Announces Asteroid Grand Challenge - NASA NASA wants you ... to join Grand Challenge to hunt down asteroids - Cosmic Log Draft House NASA Authorization Bill Would Create 6-Year Term for NASA Administrator, No Funds for ARM - spacepolicyonline.com Proposed US ITAR Regulations Impact\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Space Policy"","block_context":{"text":"Space Policy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":398,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=398","url_meta":{"origin":17645,"position":2},"title":"Space policy roundup","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Jeff Foust discusses two op-eds on space policy by a Senator and a Congressman: On a day of remembrance, looking to the future - Space Politics Column calls on NASA to focus on its core mission of space exploration - OrlandoSentinel.com - Rep. 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But now NASA has to face a difficult question: what is it for? - The Washington Post Space Policy Events for the Week of September 16-20, 2013 === Videos of some of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Space Policy"","block_context":{"text":"Space Policy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6633,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6633","url_meta":{"origin":17645,"position":4},"title":"Space policy roundup – Feb.25.14","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Space policy\/politics related links NASA Hoping for Private Sector Successors to ISS - SpacePolicyOnline.com NASA Looks to Private Space Stations in the Future - Innerspace.net Flight Opportunities Program Busy in 2013; Even More So in 2014 - NASA ASAP claim NASA is employing indecision to allow for roadmap flexibility -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Space Policy"","block_context":{"text":"Space Policy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4428,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4428","url_meta":{"origin":17645,"position":5},"title":"Space policy roundup – Sept.12.13 [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A selection of recent space policy related items: Budget uncertainty weighs on NASA and space industry - Space Politics Even passing a CR is hard these days - Space Politics Stopgap Spending Bill Carves out Exception for U.S. Weather Satellites - SpaceNews.com \u201cAstronaut Politics\u201d Meme - Astrowright Guest column: Launch\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Space Policy"","block_context":{"text":"Space Policy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17645"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17656,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17645\/revisions\/17656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
** Quartz asks government and business leaders in Davos about the new space age <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong><a title=\"53 - The State of Mars 2019 (feat. Brendan Byrne and Emilee Speck) - WeMartians Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wemartians.com\/episode053\/\">WeMartians 53 \u2013 The State of Mars 2019 (feat. Brendan Byrne and Emilee Speck)<\/a><\/strong> – “The fourth season of WeMartians has begun, and we bring in our friends and regular guests Brendan Byrne and Emilee Speck to talk about rockets, rovers, and Mars in pop culture.”<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17645-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/s\/content.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/Ep53.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/s\/content.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/Ep53.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/s\/content.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/Ep53.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ispcs.com\/\">ISPCS 2018<\/a>: Panel Discussion: CRS Progress toward the Commercialization Tipping Point<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Chair: Ven C. Feng, Manager of the International Space Station (ISS) Transportation Integration Office, NASA JSC<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Bob Richards, Vice President, Human Spaceflight Systems, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems Sector<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Benjamin Reed, Director of Commercial Crew Mission Management, SpaceX<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Steve Lindsey, Vice President, Space Exploration Systems, Sierra Nevada Corporation<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>NASA\u2019s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) providers have been highly successful resupplying the ISS and advancing the low Earth orbit economy. By merging NASA\u2019s extensive technical expertise with industry\u2019s agility and innovative methods, these private-public partnerships are leading the way to leading the way to lowering the cost of access to space and broadening the market for NASA, DoD, industry and academia. Come hear form key leaders at NASA, Northrop Grumman, Sierra Nevada Corporation, and SpaceX on their progress toward the \u201ctipping point\u201d of commercialization of low Earth orbit.<\/em><\/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\/XR2YlBNHDxw?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&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<p>** <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ispcs.com\/\">ISPCS 2018<\/a>: Panel Discussion: Commercial Crew: Changing the Face of Human Space Transportation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair: Kathryn Lueders, Program Manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA<\/li>\n<li>John Mulholland, Vice President and Program Manager for Commercial Programs, Space Exploration, The Boeing Company<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin Reed, Director of Commercial Crew Mission Management, SpaceX<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The scales have tipped and as a result, NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program has changed the face of the space transportation industry. Commercial Crew, along with partners Boeing and SpaceX, will soon complete uncrewed and crewed test flights as part of the certification of their spaceflight systems. This historic government-industry partnership will allow for routine crewed missions to the International Space Station from American soil, once more. Join representatives from NASA, Boeing and SpaceX as they discuss the challenges and opportunities inherent in commercial spaceflight.<\/em><\/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\/-muLfXSr69M?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&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<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=ur2&o=1\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&tag=hobbyspace&linkCode=ur2&linkId=83bcfeddf696d358f69568254bcd9ce9&camp=1789&creative=9325&node=172282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out the Best Selling Electronics at Amazon<\/a><\/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 January 27-February 2, 2019 \u2013 SpacePolicyOnline.com NASA projects: In New Moon Race, NASA Values Teamwork Over Competition – space.com Govt. shutdown: NASA Gets a Three … <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17645\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup – Jan.28.2019<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-policy","category-spacecasts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4AB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":497,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=497","url_meta":{"origin":17645,"position":0},"title":"Dennis Wingo: Expanding a vision of space beyond NASA","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Dennis Wingo recently posted an essay about the need for a space policy that went beyond the usual Space polic =NASA policy paradigm: Space Abhors a Policy Vacuum: The NRC Report and The Need for a Broad National Space Policy -\u00a0 Moonandback. 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<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong><a title=\"53 - The State of Mars 2019 (feat. Brendan Byrne and Emilee Speck) - WeMartians Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wemartians.com\/episode053\/\">WeMartians 53 \u2013 The State of Mars 2019 (feat. Brendan Byrne and Emilee Speck)<\/a><\/strong> – “The fourth season of WeMartians has begun, and we bring in our friends and regular guests Brendan Byrne and Emilee Speck to talk about rockets, rovers, and Mars in pop culture.”<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17645-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/s\/content.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/Ep53.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/s\/content.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/Ep53.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/s\/content.blubrry.com\/wemartians\/Ep53.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ispcs.com\/\">ISPCS 2018<\/a>: Panel Discussion: CRS Progress toward the Commercialization Tipping Point<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Chair: Ven C. Feng, Manager of the International Space Station (ISS) Transportation Integration Office, NASA JSC<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Bob Richards, Vice President, Human Spaceflight Systems, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems Sector<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Benjamin Reed, Director of Commercial Crew Mission Management, SpaceX<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Steve Lindsey, Vice President, Space Exploration Systems, Sierra Nevada Corporation<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>NASA\u2019s Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) providers have been highly successful resupplying the ISS and advancing the low Earth orbit economy. By merging NASA\u2019s extensive technical expertise with industry\u2019s agility and innovative methods, these private-public partnerships are leading the way to leading the way to lowering the cost of access to space and broadening the market for NASA, DoD, industry and academia. 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