{"id":3754,"date":"2013-08-01T23:39:32","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T23:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2013-08-02T06:36:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T06:36:42","slug":"space-policy-roundup-aug-1-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3754","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Aug.1.13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some space policy items today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chron.com\/sciguy\/2013\/08\/the-congressional-debate-over-nasas-asteroid-capture-mission-ignores-the-agenys-real-spaceflight-problem\/\" target=\"_d\">The Congressional debate over NASA\u2019s asteroid capture mission ignores the ageny\u2019s real spaceflight problem &#8211; SciGuy\/Houston Chronicle <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transterrestrial.com\/?p=50612\" target=\"_d\">SLS Passes PDR &#8211; Transterrestrial Musings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/behindtheblack.com\/behind-the-black\/points-of-information\/the-state-of-sls-construction\" target=\"_d\">The state of SLS construction. &#8211; Behind The Black<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2013\/08\/01\/debating-schedule-versus-competition-for-commercial-crew\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=debating-schedule-versus-competition-for-commercial-crew\" target=\"_d\">Debating schedule versus competition for commercial crew &#8211; Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/commercial-crew-looks-forward-to-future-flights\/#.UfrkvspdCSo\" target=\"_d\">Commercial Crew Looks Forward to Future Flights &#8211; NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/article\/20130801\/SPACE\/130801019\/NASA-space-industry-discuss-next-steps-commercial-crew-program\" target=\"_d\">NASA, space industry discuss next steps in commercial crew program &#8211; Florida Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizensinspace.org\/2013\/08\/good-news-for-nasa-flight-opportunities-program\/\" target=\"_d\">Good News for NASA Flight Opportunities Program &#8211; Citizens in Space<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heinrich.senate.gov\/record.cfm?id=345446\" target=\"_d\"> Heinrich Successfully Includes Amendment To Expand Tech Development For NASA Flight Opportunities Program: <em>Program Yields Tremendous Results For Aerospace Industries At Spaceport America In New Mexico<\/em> &#8211; Senator Martin Heinrich [D-NM]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/behindtheblack.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Bob Zimmerman<\/a> tells me he will be on the <a href=\"http:\/\/johnbatchelorshow.com\/\" target=\"_d\">John Batchelor<\/a> radio program tonight at 11:30 pm and his discussion &#8220;will exclusively be about the politics of NASA&#8217;s funding, the partisan war over the asteroid vs the moon missions and the cost of SLS. You WILL want to listen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 2<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spaceksc.blogspot.com\/2013\/08\/the-plot-thickens.html\" target=\"_d\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/spaceksc.blogspot.com\/2013\/08\/the-plot-thickens.html\">The Plot Thickens &#8211; Space KSC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transterrestrial.com\/?p=50612\" target=\"_d\">SLS Passes PDR &#8211; Transterrestrial Musings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some space policy items today: The Congressional debate over NASA\u2019s asteroid capture mission ignores the ageny\u2019s real spaceflight problem &#8211; SciGuy\/Houston Chronicle SLS Passes PDR &#8211; Transterrestrial Musings The state of SLS construction. &#8211; Behind The Black Debating schedule versus competition for commercial crew &#8211; Space Politics Commercial Crew Looks Forward to Future Flights &#8211; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3754\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; Aug.1.13<\/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-3754","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-Yy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":262,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=262","url_meta":{"origin":3754,"position":0},"title":"Space Policy: Killing the SLS + Space Law roundup","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Jeff Foust reports on a Wall Street Journal op-ed in favor of ending the SLS project: WSJ op-ed calls on the President to kill the SLS - Space Politics \u00a0Walker and Miller: Commercial Space Exploration Needs an Obama Relaunch: Ronald Reagan started the process, but the idea of cutting back\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":5893,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5893","url_meta":{"origin":3754,"position":1},"title":"Space policy discussion on NPR radio","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[ Update: Report on the program: Garver: NASA should cancel SLS and Mars 2020 - Space Politics Garver Would Cut SLS, Mars 2020; Says Space Isn't Partisan, But Parochial - SpacePolicyOnline.com Lori Garver says NASA should not build the SLS: \u201cWhere is it going to go?\u201d - SciGuy\/Houston Chronicle ]\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":6918,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6918","url_meta":{"origin":3754,"position":2},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Mar.16.14","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Dennis Tito is wrong. SLS\/Orion is a spaceship to nowhere, not even to Mars and back, because it is too grossly expensive :\u00a0The Spaceship to Everywhere\u00a0- Dennis Tito\/Huffington Post. Tito's Inspiration Mars has morphed from an interesting demo of private space capabilities into a desperate excuse for NASA to justify\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":4264,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4264","url_meta":{"origin":3754,"position":3},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Sept.1.13","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Legendary\" Chris Kraft,\u00a0 the first NASA manned spaceflight director, lays into the SLS mess again: Sunday conversation: NASA veteran Chris Kraft upfront with criticism - Houston Chronicle A sampling of his comments: \"The problem with the SLS is that it's so big that makes it very expensive. 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