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 ** Episode T+119: Dr. John Charles – Main Engine Cut Off<\/a> – “Dr. John Charles<\/a>\u00a0spent nearly 33 years at NASA\u2014most recently as Chief Scientist of the Human Research Program\u2014working on human spaceflight through Shuttle, Mir, ISS, and beyond. He lead missions such as STS-95 (John Glenn\u2019s Shuttle flight), STS-107, and the Twins Study with Scott and Mark Kelly. He retired from NASA in February 2018 and is now the Scientist in Resident at Space Center Houston. We talk about his career, the human spaceflight issues he worked and solved in his time at NASA, and the things that need to be solved for the exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond.”<\/p>\n