{"id":4019,"date":"2013-08-18T18:25:19","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T18:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4019"},"modified":"2013-08-18T18:25:19","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T18:25:19","slug":"space-policy-roundup-aug-18-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4019","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Aug.18.13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A selection of some space policy related items today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sf\/national\/2013\/08\/17\/nasas-mission-improbable\/1\/\" target=\"_d\">NASA\u2019s mission improbable &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/kennedy-space-center-in-the-post-shuttle-era\/2013\/08\/17\/13a56286-0600-11e3-88d6-d5795fab4637_gallery.html?tid=pm_national_gal\" target=\"_d\">Kennedy Space Center in the post-shuttle era &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a> &#8211; Gallery of pictures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sf\/national\/2013\/08\/17\/nasas-mission-improbable\/1\/\" target=\"_d\">Letter: NASA lags behind private space efforts &#8211; Florida Today <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bendbulletin.com\/article\/20130818\/NEWS0107\/308180351\/\" target=\"_d\">Biggest threat in space: politics &#8211; The Bulletin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nextbigfuture.com\/2013\/08\/disrupters-like-spacex-tesla-motors.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2Fadvancednano+%28nextbigfuture%29\" target=\"_d\">Disrupters like Spacex, Tesla Motors, Broad Group fight the courts and politically connected &#8211; NextBigFuture.com <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transterrestrial.com\/?p=50990\" target=\"_d\">Transterrestrial Musings &#8211; Mike Griffin: The Spoiled Generation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A selection of some space policy related items today: NASA\u2019s mission improbable &#8211; The Washington Post Kennedy Space Center in the post-shuttle era &#8211; The Washington Post &#8211; Gallery of pictures Letter: NASA lags behind private space efforts &#8211; Florida Today Biggest threat in space: politics &#8211; The Bulletin Disrupters like Spacex, Tesla Motors, Broad &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4019\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; Aug.18.13<\/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-4019","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-12P","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5416,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5416","url_meta":{"origin":4019,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Nov.24.13","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Some space policy\/politics related items: Does the future of space travel lie with NASA or space entrepreneurs? - The Washington Post New players in the space race - The Washington Post Private space companies are really taking off - Orlando Sentinel Bolden: need to end sequestration and prevent another shutdown\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":1776,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1776","url_meta":{"origin":4019,"position":1},"title":"Space policy roundup: JWST cost\/schedule realities + Asteroid return strategy + Space at DC forum","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"John Kelly is very skeptical that the James Webb Space Telescope will meet its cost and and schedule goals: Space telescope cost, schedule unrealistic - Florida Today === Marcia S. 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Here\u2019s why we should tax it. - washingtonpost.com The case for space - Student Life Space exploration opens ethical dilemma - Arizona Daily Wildcat Commercialization of Space Travel Will Bring Costs Down to Earth - Institutional Investor Increasing Awareness\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":3614,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3614","url_meta":{"origin":4019,"position":5},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; July 25.13","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent space policy items : Transterrestrial Musings - The Irony-Challenged Senator From Florida - Transterrestrial Musings \u00a0Editorial: Instead of aiming for the stars, vote puts NASA in gutter - masslive.com \u00a0The next FCC chairman and commercial space - Space Politics House Passes FY2014 Defense Appropriations Bill -\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":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4020,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019\/revisions\/4020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}