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** China on the Final Frontier | The Planetary Society<\/a><\/p>\nWith missions like Chang\u2019e 4 on the far side of the Moon, China has firmly established itself as a leader in space exploration. Space journalist Andrew Jones helps us explore the nation\u2019s ambitious near and long-term plans. Emily Lakdawalla says Mars lander InSight\u2019s Mole has hit an obstacle, while Jason Davis shows us how Japan\u2019s Hayabusa2 has blasted asteroid Ryugu for a sample and celebrates the success of the SpaceX Crew Dragon demo mission. Chief Scientist Bruce Betts gets a polite dressing down from an impeccable source.<\/em><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/traffic.megaphone.fm\/PPY9570441676.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/a>Chang’e-4 lander as seen from Yutu-2.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n** Dennis Ray Wingo<\/a> recently talked “at NASA Ames for the Commercial Space Telecon, on March 6th, 2019. It encapsulates my thoughts to date on our direction and steps to the Industrialization of the Moon”.<\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <a href=\"https:\/\/behindtheblack.com\/behind-the-black\/points-of-information\/march-5-2019-zimmerman-batchelor-podcast\/\">March 5, 2019 Zimmerman\/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black\u00a0<\/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\/7194667-spacex-crew-dragon-capsule-bearing-ripley-docks-with-iss-bob-zimmerman-behindtheblack-com\/embed\/v4#?secret=4vfcIsnlwK\" data-secret=\"4vfcIsnlwK\" 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\/7194680-solar-minimum-continues-to-slow-bob-zimmerman-behindtheblack-com\/embed\/v4#?secret=BruMejF59L\" data-secret=\"BruMejF59L\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1944648453\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1944648453&linkCode=as2&tag=hobbyspace&linkId=58e1458b47a9ea2c9a71199c1a657964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=am2&o=1&a=1944648453\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ac&ref=tf_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=hobbyspace&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=1944648453&asins=1944648453&linkId=4d5a69f3ddec04646e1ac0c549848ed6&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true&price_color=333333&title_color=0066c0&bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/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 March 10-16, 2019 \u2013 SpacePolicyOnline.com NASA budget: NASA\u2019s 2020 Budget Request Aims to Speed Lunar Exploration – WSJ Stark Contrast Between NASA Directorates Put On … <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18186\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup – Mar.11.2019<\/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_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":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-space-policy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4Jk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1593,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1593","url_meta":{"origin":18186,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup: Space law and sex + NASA’s asteroid plan and 2014 budget","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A look at some of the legal issues regarding reproduction in space: Sex in Space - SpaceLawLibrarian. === William Harwood writes about the expected proposal in the 2014 NASA budget to study the feasibility of capturing a small asteroid and bringing it to the earth-moon system for examination by astronaut\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":3554,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3554","url_meta":{"origin":18186,"position":1},"title":"Space policy roundup – July 22.13 [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Some space policy items to start off the week: Space Policy Events for the Week of July 22-27, 2013 National Space Society Statement on NASA FY2014 Budget - National Space Society Blog U.N. 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** China on the Final Frontier | The Planetary Society<\/a><\/p>\nWith missions like Chang\u2019e 4 on the far side of the Moon, China has firmly established itself as a leader in space exploration. Space journalist Andrew Jones helps us explore the nation\u2019s ambitious near and long-term plans. Emily Lakdawalla says Mars lander InSight\u2019s Mole has hit an obstacle, while Jason Davis shows us how Japan\u2019s Hayabusa2 has blasted asteroid Ryugu for a sample and celebrates the success of the SpaceX Crew Dragon demo mission. Chief Scientist Bruce Betts gets a polite dressing down from an impeccable source.<\/em><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/traffic.megaphone.fm\/PPY9570441676.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/a>Chang’e-4 lander as seen from Yutu-2.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n** Dennis Ray Wingo<\/a> recently talked “at NASA Ames for the Commercial Space Telecon, on March 6th, 2019. It encapsulates my thoughts to date on our direction and steps to the Industrialization of the Moon”.<\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <a href=\"https:\/\/behindtheblack.com\/behind-the-black\/points-of-information\/march-5-2019-zimmerman-batchelor-podcast\/\">March 5, 2019 Zimmerman\/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black\u00a0<\/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\/7194667-spacex-crew-dragon-capsule-bearing-ripley-docks-with-iss-bob-zimmerman-behindtheblack-com\/embed\/v4#?secret=4vfcIsnlwK\" data-secret=\"4vfcIsnlwK\" 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\/7194680-solar-minimum-continues-to-slow-bob-zimmerman-behindtheblack-com\/embed\/v4#?secret=BruMejF59L\" data-secret=\"BruMejF59L\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1944648453\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1944648453&linkCode=as2&tag=hobbyspace&linkId=58e1458b47a9ea2c9a71199c1a657964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=am2&o=1&a=1944648453\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ac&ref=tf_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=hobbyspace&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=1944648453&asins=1944648453&linkId=4d5a69f3ddec04646e1ac0c549848ed6&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true&price_color=333333&title_color=0066c0&bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/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 March 10-16, 2019 \u2013 SpacePolicyOnline.com NASA budget: NASA\u2019s 2020 Budget Request Aims to Speed Lunar Exploration – WSJ Stark Contrast Between NASA Directorates Put On … <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18186\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup – Mar.11.2019<\/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_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":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-space-policy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4Jk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1593,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1593","url_meta":{"origin":18186,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup: Space law and sex + NASA’s asteroid plan and 2014 budget","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A look at some of the legal issues regarding reproduction in space: Sex in Space - SpaceLawLibrarian. === William Harwood writes about the expected proposal in the 2014 NASA budget to study the feasibility of capturing a small asteroid and bringing it to the earth-moon system for examination by astronaut\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":3554,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3554","url_meta":{"origin":18186,"position":1},"title":"Space policy roundup – July 22.13 [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Some space policy items to start off the week: Space Policy Events for the Week of July 22-27, 2013 National Space Society Statement on NASA FY2014 Budget - National Space Society Blog U.N. 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With missions like Chang\u2019e 4 on the far side of the Moon, China has firmly established itself as a leader in space exploration. Space journalist Andrew Jones helps us explore the nation\u2019s ambitious near and long-term plans. Emily Lakdawalla says Mars lander InSight\u2019s Mole has hit an obstacle, while Jason Davis shows us how Japan\u2019s Hayabusa2 has blasted asteroid Ryugu for a sample and celebrates the success of the SpaceX Crew Dragon demo mission. Chief Scientist Bruce Betts gets a polite dressing down from an impeccable source.<\/em><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/traffic.megaphone.fm\/PPY9570441676.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/a>Chang’e-4 lander as seen from Yutu-2.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n** Dennis Ray Wingo<\/a> recently talked “at NASA Ames for the Commercial Space Telecon, on March 6th, 2019. It encapsulates my thoughts to date on our direction and steps to the Industrialization of the Moon”.<\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <a href=\"https:\/\/behindtheblack.com\/behind-the-black\/points-of-information\/march-5-2019-zimmerman-batchelor-podcast\/\">March 5, 2019 Zimmerman\/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black\u00a0<\/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\/7194667-spacex-crew-dragon-capsule-bearing-ripley-docks-with-iss-bob-zimmerman-behindtheblack-com\/embed\/v4#?secret=4vfcIsnlwK\" data-secret=\"4vfcIsnlwK\" 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\/7194680-solar-minimum-continues-to-slow-bob-zimmerman-behindtheblack-com\/embed\/v4#?secret=BruMejF59L\" data-secret=\"BruMejF59L\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1944648453\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1944648453&linkCode=as2&tag=hobbyspace&linkId=58e1458b47a9ea2c9a71199c1a657964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=am2&o=1&a=1944648453\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ac&ref=tf_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=hobbyspace&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=1944648453&asins=1944648453&linkId=4d5a69f3ddec04646e1ac0c549848ed6&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true&price_color=333333&title_color=0066c0&bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/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 March 10-16, 2019 \u2013 SpacePolicyOnline.com NASA budget: NASA\u2019s 2020 Budget Request Aims to Speed Lunar Exploration – WSJ Stark Contrast Between NASA Directorates Put On … <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18186\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup – Mar.11.2019<\/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_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":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-space-policy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4Jk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1593,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1593","url_meta":{"origin":18186,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup: Space law and sex + NASA’s asteroid plan and 2014 budget","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A look at some of the legal issues regarding reproduction in space: Sex in Space - SpaceLawLibrarian. === William Harwood writes about the expected proposal in the 2014 NASA budget to study the feasibility of capturing a small asteroid and bringing it to the earth-moon system for examination by astronaut\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":3554,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3554","url_meta":{"origin":18186,"position":1},"title":"Space policy roundup – July 22.13 [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Some space policy items to start off the week: Space Policy Events for the Week of July 22-27, 2013 National Space Society Statement on NASA FY2014 Budget - National Space Society Blog U.N. 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** Dennis Ray Wingo<\/a> recently talked “at NASA Ames for the Commercial Space Telecon, on March 6th, 2019. It encapsulates my thoughts to date on our direction and steps to the Industrialization of the Moon”.<\/p>\n<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <a href=\"https:\/\/behindtheblack.com\/behind-the-black\/points-of-information\/march-5-2019-zimmerman-batchelor-podcast\/\">March 5, 2019 Zimmerman\/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black\u00a0<\/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\/7194667-spacex-crew-dragon-capsule-bearing-ripley-docks-with-iss-bob-zimmerman-behindtheblack-com\/embed\/v4#?secret=4vfcIsnlwK\" data-secret=\"4vfcIsnlwK\" 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\/7194680-solar-minimum-continues-to-slow-bob-zimmerman-behindtheblack-com\/embed\/v4#?secret=BruMejF59L\" data-secret=\"BruMejF59L\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1944648453\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1944648453&linkCode=as2&tag=hobbyspace&linkId=58e1458b47a9ea2c9a71199c1a657964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=am2&o=1&a=1944648453\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ac&ref=tf_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=hobbyspace&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=1944648453&asins=1944648453&linkId=4d5a69f3ddec04646e1ac0c549848ed6&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true&price_color=333333&title_color=0066c0&bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/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 March 10-16, 2019 \u2013 SpacePolicyOnline.com NASA budget: NASA\u2019s 2020 Budget Request Aims to Speed Lunar Exploration – WSJ Stark Contrast Between NASA Directorates Put On … <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18186\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup – Mar.11.2019<\/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_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":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-space-policy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4Jk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1593,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1593","url_meta":{"origin":18186,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup: Space law and sex + NASA’s asteroid plan and 2014 budget","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A look at some of the legal issues regarding reproduction in space: Sex in Space - SpaceLawLibrarian. === William Harwood writes about the expected proposal in the 2014 NASA budget to study the feasibility of capturing a small asteroid and bringing it to the earth-moon system for examination by astronaut\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":3554,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3554","url_meta":{"origin":18186,"position":1},"title":"Space policy roundup – July 22.13 [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Some space policy items to start off the week: Space Policy Events for the Week of July 22-27, 2013 National Space Society Statement on NASA FY2014 Budget - National Space Society Blog U.N. 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