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- What\u2019s Happening in Space Policy April 28-May 4, 2019 \u2013 SpacePolicyOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Moon plans:\n
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- The Race to Develop the Moon | The New Yorker<\/a><\/li>\n
- NASA tweaks call for lunar lander concepts – SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n
- What Can We Learn from a Failed Return to the Moon? | The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n
- Trump and Pence push \u2018America First\u2019 agenda to the moon and outer space – The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- SLS\/Orion:\n
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- NASA to perform key test of the SLS rocket, necessitating a delay in its launch | Ars Technica<\/a><\/li>\n
- NASA urged to retain key SLS test – SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Spaceflight regulation:\n
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- Independent body proposed to ensure commercial spaceflight safety – SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Asteroid protection:\n
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- The Planetary Society Announces 2019 Call for Proposals for Shoemaker NEO Grant Program – The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n
- NASA, FEMA to play out new asteroid impact scenario – Axios<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Planetary contamination\n
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- Committee to review NASA planetary protection policies – SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Space traffic:\n
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- Satellite Firms Debate New Commerce Space Safety Rules \u00ab Breaking Defense<\/a><\/li>\n
- FCC approves SpaceX\u2019s plans to fly internet-beaming satellites in a lower orbit – The Verge<\/a><\/li>\n
- FCC approves SpaceX\u2019s revised Starlink satellite plan \u2013 GeekWire<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- US military space:\n
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- Launch:\n
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- Pushback continues as Air Force prepares to request bids for space launch services – SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n
- The Air Force Launch Plan Must Work – Breaking Defense<\/a><\/li>\n
- Musk to Pentagon: SpaceX \u2018Missed the Mark\u2019 on a Launch Bid – Bloomberg<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Pentagon official: Threats to US space systems ‘at an all-time high’ – Washington Examiner<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Chinese space:\n
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- China Plans to Build a Moon Base Near the Lunar South Pole | Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n
- Private Space Launch Firms in China Race to Orbit – IEEE Spectrum<\/a><\/li>\n
- China Exploits 9 U.S. Satellites in Space to Advance Their Military, Missile Guidance – Satnews<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Euro space:\n
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- ESA to Lose Member State Support if ExoMars Launch Postponed – Director-General – Sputnik International<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- German space:\n
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- Germany wakes up to the call of space – The National<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Pakistani space:\n
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- China and Pakistan sign space exploration agreement – Global Times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Portuguese space:\n
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- Portugal Just Launched a National Space Agency! | Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- UAE space:\n
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- Partnerships boost UAE’s space ambitions | Euronews<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Webcasts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n
** The Space Show – Fri, 04\/26\/2019<\/a> – Umberto Cavallaro<\/a> talked about his book, The Race to the Moon Chronicled in Stamps, Postcards, and Postmarks: A Story of Puffery vs. the Pragmatic<\/em><\/a>
, and about “documenting early space history through stamps, USSR propaganda, US stamp approach and more”.<\/p>\n
- UAE space:\n
- Portuguese space:\n
- Pakistani space:\n
- German space:\n
- Private Space Launch Firms in China Race to Orbit – IEEE Spectrum<\/a><\/li>\n
- The Air Force Launch Plan Must Work – Breaking Defense<\/a><\/li>\n
- Pushback continues as Air Force prepares to request bids for space launch services – SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n
- FCC approves SpaceX\u2019s plans to fly internet-beaming satellites in a lower orbit – The Verge<\/a><\/li>\n
- Space traffic:\n
- NASA, FEMA to play out new asteroid impact scenario – Axios<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Asteroid protection:\n
- NASA urged to retain key SLS test – SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- NASA tweaks call for lunar lander concepts – SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n
- Moon plans:\n