{"id":19422,"date":"2019-08-09T19:41:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T23:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19422"},"modified":"2019-08-12T11:26:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T15:26:55","slug":"space-policy-roundup-aug-9-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19422","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Aug.9.2019"},"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>Budgets:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/casey-dreier\/2019\/what-the-recent-budget-deal-means-for-nasa.html\">What the recent budget deal means for NASA | The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Lunar development:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespacereview.com\/article\/3772\/1\">The International Lunar Decade: A strategy for sustainable development &#8211; The Space Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>NASA and commercial space:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/08\/09\/space-companies-jeffrey-manber-nanoracks-1453115\">How one CEO is trying to get space companies to talk to each other more &#8211; POLITICO<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Space law:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespacereview.com\/article\/3771\/1\">The role of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in supporting space property rights &#8211; The Space Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.natlawreview.com\/article\/monitoring-horizons-healthcare-and-aerospace-litigation\">Healthcare and Aerospace Litigation with Data Intelligence and AI &#8211; National Law Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>US states space:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/riograndeguardian.com\/casey-encourages-brownsville-to-be-part-of-newspace-economy\/\">Casey encourages Brownsville to be part of NewSpace economy | Rio Grande Guardian<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>US military space:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/top-sasc-democrat-sees-momentum-building-for-a-space-force\/\">Top SASC Democrat sees momentum building for a space force &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/griffin-budget-political-support-top-concerns-for-space-development-agency\/\">Griffin: Budget, political support top concerns for Space Development Agency &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingdefense.com\/2019\/08\/air-force-suppressed-space-force-debate-lt-gen-kwast-spoke-truth-to-power\/\">Air Force Suppressed Space Force Debate; Lt. Gen. Kwast Spoke Truth To Power &#8211; Breaking Defense<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1683849\/ulas-atlas-v-rocket-launches-air-force-satellite-into-space\/\">ULA&#8217;s Atlas V rocket launches Air Force satellite into space \u2014 Quartz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/national-security\/456400-the-commander-the-space-force-needs\">The commander the Space Force needs | TheHill<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>International Space<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>China:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespacereview.com\/article\/3773\/1\">China\u2019s grand strategy in outer space: to establish compelling standards of behavior &#8211; The Space Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Europe:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacewatch.global\/2019\/08\/spacewatchgl-themes-espi-brief-33-eu-esa-space-council-revival-first-step-toward-a-european-space-council\/\">#SpaceWatchGL Themes: ESPI Brief 33 &#8211; EU-ESA Space Council Revival: First step toward a European Space Council? &#8211; SpaceWatch.Global<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacewatch.global\/2019\/08\/spacewatchgl-themes-espi-executive-summary-commercial-space-exploration\/\">#SpaceWatchGL Themes: ESPI Executive Summary &#8211; Commercial Space Exploration &#8211; SpaceWatch.Global<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Webcasts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>** <a href=\"https:\/\/offnominal.space\/episodes\/22\">Episode 22 &#8211; The Dark Lord | Off-Nominal<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Eric Berger of Ars Technica joins Jake and Anthony to talk about his recent trip to Boca Chica for Starhopper\u2019s first hop, propellant depots, NASA policy, Artemis, and the passing of his friend, Chris Kraft.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/406c6f48-7c2a-40e3-b15c-588412ba74a5?dark=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>** <a href=\"https:\/\/seti.org\/event\/back-moon-science-and-exploration\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Back to the Moon [Part 2]: For Science and Exploration | SETI Institute<\/a> &#8211; Presenters include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seti.org\/our-scientists\/Doug-caldwell\">Doug Caldwell<\/a>\u00a0is the Instrument Scientist for the Kepler\/K2 Mission and works in the TESS Science Processing Operations Center.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seti.org\/our-scientists\/pascal-lee\">Dr. Pascal Lee\u00a0<\/a>is a planetary scientist with the SETI Institute, the Mars Institute, and NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\/partnerships\/spaceportal\/team\">Bruce Pittman<\/a>\u00a0has been the Chief System Engineer in the NASA Space Portal Office at the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley since 2005.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/uBwYu-eIiRY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;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>** <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcet.org\/shows\/blue-sky-metropolis\/episodes\/back-to-the-future-a-new-space-age-dawns-in-southern-california\">Back to the Future: A New Space Age Dawns in Southern California | KCET<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cBack to the Future\u201d explores the decline of the industry in Southern California and its resurgence in recent years. We hear first-person testimony from Southern California residents who came of age during the Cold War and Space Race.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/136368194\/V1xBaDVb6l_default\/index.html?videoId=6065205562001\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>** <a href=\"https:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/show\/08-aug-2019\/broadcast-3351-ed-wright-ssi\">The Space Show &#8211; Thu, 08\/08\/2019<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/guest\/ed-wright\">Ed Wright<\/a> gave an update on the update for the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/ssi-50-the-space-settlement-enterprise-tickets-55089185236\">Space Studies Institute Seattle conference<\/a> in early September.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-19422-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/sites\/default\/files\/shows\/3351-BWB-2019-08-08.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/sites\/default\/files\/shows\/3351-BWB-2019-08-08.mp3\">https:\/\/thespaceshow.com\/sites\/default\/files\/shows\/3351-BWB-2019-08-08.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">==<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18573\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=18573\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bigelow-xbase-_20160808-001.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3300,2550\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bigelow-xbase-_20160808-001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bigelow-xbase-_20160808-001-1024x791.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18573 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bigelow-xbase-_20160808-001-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bigelow-xbase-_20160808-001-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bigelow-xbase-_20160808-001-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bigelow-xbase-_20160808-001-1024x791.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07F6C34R7\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B07F6C34R7&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=363c3c00572f08d037764faac65b85a1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shoot for the Moon:<br \/>\nThe Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11<\/a><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; 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The Space Review NASA and commercial &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19422\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; Aug.9.2019<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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-19422","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-53g","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19470,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19470","url_meta":{"origin":19422,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; 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