{"id":4863,"date":"2013-10-09T16:31:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T16:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4863"},"modified":"2013-10-09T16:31:50","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T16:31:50","slug":"space-policy-roundup-oct-9-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4863","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Oct.9.13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former\u00a0NASA space shuttle program manager\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/waynehale.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wayne Hale<\/a> spoke at the von Braun Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama this week :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.al.com\/breaking\/2013\/10\/keynote_speaker_at_von_braun_s.html\" target=\"_d\">Keynote speaker at von Braun Symposium says NASA needs to &#8216;try new strategies&#8217; &#8211; \u00a0al.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, due to the govt shutdown, there were no NASA officials there to hear him say this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The current plan is fragile in the political and financial maelstrom that is Washington,&#8221; Hale said. &#8220;Planning to fly large rockets once every three or four years does not make a viable program. It is not sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Continuing to develop programs in the same old ways, from my observations, will certainly lead to cancellation as government budgets are stretched thin. It is time to try new strategies.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>More space policy links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/opinion\/blogs\/world-report\/2013\/10\/08\/american-space-exploration-depends-too-much-on-russia\" target=\"_d\">American Space Exploration Depends Too Much on Russia &#8211; World Report (usnews.com)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; I posted a comment to this article<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-10-09\/nasa-keeps-chinese-away-from-aliens.html\" target=\"_d\">NASA Keeps Chinese Away From Aliens &#8211; Bloomberg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/congress-blog\/technology\/327229-an-urgent-national-threat-from-space\" target=\"_d\">An urgent national threat &#8212; from space &#8211; The Hill&#8217;s Congress Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationweek.com\/Article.aspx?id=\/article-xml\/asd_10_09_2013_p04-01-624928.xml\" target=\"_d\">NASA&#8217;s Texas Contractors Face Steep Drop-Off &#8211; Aviation Week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationweek.com\/Article.aspx?id=\/article-xml\/AW_10_07_2013_p28-622757.xml\" target=\"_d\">Tight Budgets Slow Exploration Development &#8211; Aviation Week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/military-space\/37619industry-touts-maturity-of-space-fence-technology\" target=\"_d\">Industry Touts Maturity of Space Fence Technology &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former\u00a0NASA space shuttle program manager\u00a0Wayne Hale spoke at the von Braun Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama this week :\u00a0Keynote speaker at von Braun Symposium says NASA needs to &#8216;try new strategies&#8217; &#8211; \u00a0al.com Unfortunately, due to the govt shutdown, there were no NASA officials there to hear him say this: &#8220;The current plan is fragile in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4863\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; Oct.9.13<\/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-4863","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-1gr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4882,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4882","url_meta":{"origin":4863,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Oct.11.13","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Wayne Hale points\u00a0to the video and slides of his presentation at the von Braun Symposium held this week in Huntsville, Alabama. :\u00a0AAS Von Braun Symposium Live Stream - Morning - Panopto Viewer. 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