{"id":5108,"date":"2013-10-29T20:29:46","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T20:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5108"},"modified":"2013-10-30T05:13:24","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T05:13:24","slug":"space-policy-roundup-oct-29-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5108","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Oct.29.13 [Update]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yet more space policy\/politics related items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spacefrontier.org\/2013\/10\/sustainability-is-not-an-option\/\" target=\"_d\">Sustainability is not an Option: Space Frontier Foundation Laments $1.2 Billion J-2X Dead End &#8211; Space Frontier Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/military-space\/37902dordain-esa-pact-doesn%E2%80%99t-rule-out-defense-work\" target=\"_d\">Dordain: ESA Pact Doesn\u2019t Rule Out Defense Work &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaljournal.com\/politics\/united-nations-takes-first-big-step-in-defending-earth-from-killer-asteroids-20131028\" target=\"_d\">United Nations Takes First Big Step in Defending Earth From Killer Asteroids &#8211; NationalJournal.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhregister.com\/general-news\/20131028\/yale-astronomer-decries-politicizing-of-science-after-dispute-with-nasa\" target=\"_blank\">Yale astronomer decries politicizing of science after dispute with\u00a0NASA &#8211; New Haven Register<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-24706017\" target=\"_d\">UK Space Agency a success, say MPs &#8211; BBCs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespacereview.com\/article\/2390\/1\" target=\"_d\">Space security: possible options for India &#8211; The Space Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/mat-kaplan\/20131029-planetary-radio-plutonium-casey-dreier.html\" target=\"_d\">Mars Needs Plutonium! (And so do Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Points Beyond) &#8211; The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/civil-space\/37909european-space-agency-ohb-blamed-for-galileo-delays-financial-penalties\" target=\"_d\">European Space Agency, OHB Blamed for Galileo Delays; Financial Penalties Forthcoming &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2013\/10\/29\/nasa-sequestration-missions\/3287869\/\" target=\"_d\">Another year of sequestration would delay NASA missions &#8211; USA Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/the-switch\/wp\/2013\/10\/29\/india-is-going-to-mars-but-dont-call-it-a-space-race\/\" target=\"_d\">India is going to Mars! But don\u2019t call it a space race &#8211; Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet more space policy\/politics related items: Sustainability is not an Option: Space Frontier Foundation Laments $1.2 Billion J-2X Dead End &#8211; Space Frontier Foundation Dordain: ESA Pact Doesn\u2019t Rule Out Defense Work &#8211; SpaceNews.com United Nations Takes First Big Step in Defending Earth From Killer Asteroids &#8211; NationalJournal.com Yale astronomer decries politicizing of science after &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5108\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; Oct.29.13 [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-5108","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-1ko","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6985,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6985","url_meta":{"origin":5108,"position":0},"title":"The space settlement enabling test","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Space Frontier Foundation announces a tool to judge whether a space policy will encourage or delay space settlement: The Settlement Enabling Test\u00a0\u00a0 The Space Frontier Foundation Releases a New Metric for Crafting Space Policy Silicon Valley, CA\u00a0- The Space Frontier Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Activism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10000,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10000","url_meta":{"origin":5108,"position":1},"title":"&#8220;Alliance for Space Development&#8221; 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