{"id":3614,"date":"2013-07-25T18:30:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T18:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3614"},"modified":"2013-07-26T05:45:29","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T05:45:29","slug":"space-policy-roundup-july-25-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3614","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; July 25.13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of recent space policy items :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transterrestrial.com\/?p=50484&amp;utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_d\">Transterrestrial Musings &#8211; The Irony-Challenged Senator From Florida &#8211; Transterrestrial Musings<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.masslive.com\/opinion\/index.ssf\/2013\/07\/editorial_instead_of_aiming_fo.html\" target=\"_d\">Editorial: Instead of aiming for the stars, vote puts NASA in gutter &#8211; masslive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2013\/07\/25\/the-next-fcc-chairman-and-commercial-space\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-next-fcc-chairman-and-commercial-space\" target=\"_d\">The next FCC chairman and commercial space &#8211; Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/house-passes-fy2014-defense-appropriations-bill\" target=\"_d\">House Passes FY2014 Defense Appropriations Bill &#8211; spacepolicyonline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/economy\/defense-firms-weathering-budget-cuts-more-easily-than-expected\/2013\/07\/23\/d23c4f7e-f3b9-11e2-aa2e-4088616498b4_story.html\" target=\"_d\">Defense firms weathering budget cuts more easily than expected &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/guest-blogs\/2013\/20130725-should-rivalry-still-drive-nasa-policy.html\" target=\"_d\">Should National Rivalries Still Drive U.S. Space Policy? &#8211; The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationweek.com\/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:04ce340e-4b63-4d23-9695-d49ab661f385&amp;plckPostId=Blog%3a04ce340e-4b63-4d23-9695-d49ab661f385Post%3a41f7bac1-491a-4ee7-adbb-f9fa541640ef\" target=\"_d\">Proton: A Question of Quality Control &#8211; Aviation Week <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of recent space policy items : Transterrestrial Musings &#8211; The Irony-Challenged Senator From Florida &#8211; Transterrestrial Musings \u00a0Editorial: Instead of aiming for the stars, vote puts NASA in gutter &#8211; masslive.com \u00a0The next FCC chairman and commercial space &#8211; Space Politics House Passes FY2014 Defense Appropriations Bill &#8211; spacepolicyonline.com Defense firms weathering budget &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3614\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; July 25.13<\/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":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-policy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-Wi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3754,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3754","url_meta":{"origin":3614,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Aug.1.13","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Some space policy items today: The Congressional debate over NASA\u2019s asteroid capture mission ignores the ageny\u2019s real spaceflight problem - SciGuy\/Houston Chronicle SLS Passes PDR - Transterrestrial Musings The state of SLS construction. - Behind The Black Debating schedule versus competition for commercial crew - Space Politics Commercial Crew Looks\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Space Policy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Space Policy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3904,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3904","url_meta":{"origin":3614,"position":1},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; July.11.13","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A selection of recent space policy related items: Space Policy Events for the Weeks of August 11-23, 2013 - spacepolicyonline.com Bolden: asteroid redirect mission not going to \u201csave the planet\u201d - Space Politics John Kelly: NASA needs its swagger back - Florida Today The top 10 reasons for the US\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Space Policy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Space Policy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7890,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7890","url_meta":{"origin":3614,"position":2},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; May.23.14","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Space policy\/politics related links: Defense Launch: SASC Adopts McCain Amendment Prohibiting New Contracts for Russian Rocket Engines - spacepolicyonline.com Senate defense bill offers mixed messages on RD-180 replacement, EELV competition\u00a0-\u00a0Space Politics Sen. 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