{"id":4105,"date":"2013-08-23T05:23:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T05:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4105"},"modified":"2013-08-23T12:29:36","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T12:29:36","slug":"space-policy-roundup-aug-23-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4105","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Aug.23.13 [Update]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A list of recent space policy related items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/08\/22\/opinion\/collins-rocks-in-space.html?ref=opinion&amp;_r=1&amp;\" target=\"_d\">Rocks in Space &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/killerapps.foreignpolicy.com\/posts\/2013\/08\/21\/the_air_forces_40_billion_space_push\" target=\"_d\">The Air Force&#8217;s $40 Billion Space Push &#8211; Killer Apps\/ForeignPolicy.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/military-space\/36860senate-bill-would-kill-darpa%E2%80%99s-seeme-project\" target=\"_d\">Senate Bill Would Kill DARPA\u2019s SeeMe Project &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/22474-china-space-program-empire.html\" target=\"_d\">Is China&#8217;s Space Program Shaping a Celestial Empire? &#8211; Loenard David\/Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theindependent.ca\/2013\/08\/21\/napping-our-way-to-mars\/\" target=\"_d\">Napping our way to Mars: <em>How sensible energy management today will slingshot us into space tomorrow<\/em> &#8211; Renate Pohl\/TheIndependent.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: On Thursday NASA released images and the video shown below about a mission to capture a small asteroid, bring it into the Earth-Moon system and send a crew on an Orion spacecraft to retrieve samples from it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/new-imagery-of-asteroid-mission\/index.html#.UhdT_H-TJFs\" target=\"_d\">New Imagery of Asteroid Mission &#8211; NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/asteroid-initiative-concept-image-gallery\/#.UhdVJH-TJFt\" target=\"_d\">Asteroid Initiative Concept Image Gallery &#8211; NASA<\/a><\/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\/jXvsi7DRyPI?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A list of recent space policy related items: Rocks in Space &#8211; NYTimes.com The Air Force&#8217;s $40 Billion Space Push &#8211; Killer Apps\/ForeignPolicy.com Senate Bill Would Kill DARPA\u2019s SeeMe Project &#8211; SpaceNews.com Is China&#8217;s Space Program Shaping a Celestial Empire? &#8211; Loenard David\/Space.com Napping our way to Mars: How sensible energy management today will slingshot &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4105\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; Aug.23.13 [Update]<\/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-4105","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-14d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5722,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5722","url_meta":{"origin":4105,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Dec.16.13 [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A selection of space policy\/politics items: Space Policy Events for the Week of December 16-20, 2013 Opinion: Don't gut NASA space missions - CNN.com Export control reform process is wrapping up - Space Politics Florida must stay in commercial space game - Orlando Sentinel\/Bradenton Herald How Will Space Commuters Navigate\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":5459,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5459","url_meta":{"origin":4105,"position":1},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Nov.28.13 [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Another collection of space policy\/politics related items: Senator asks for another study on use of Russian engines - Space Politics Kennedy Space Center assets sale may get congressional hearing - Orlando Sentinel U.S. Intellectual Property Rules Hinder Space Station Research - SpaceNews.com Commercial space prospects \u2013 Hot? 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