{"id":5124,"date":"2013-10-31T19:55:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T19:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5124"},"modified":"2014-02-11T06:06:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T06:06:28","slug":"space-policy-roundup-oct-31-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5124","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Oct.31.13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astromaven.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Boozer<\/a>\u00a0writes about lower cost alternatives to the SLS\/Orion system that would allow NASA to start exploring deep space soon rather than much, much later:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/23407-astronauts-inner-solar-system-exploration.html\" target=\"_d\">It&#8217;s Time to Send Americans to the Inner Solar System &#8211; Space.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rick is the author of the\u00a0\u00a0book\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/spotlight\/The_Plundering_of_NASA\" target=\"_d\">The Plundering of NASA: an Expos\u00e9<\/a><\/em>, which I\u2019ve mentioned here several times. It\u2019s available at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1300939060?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1300939060\" target=\"_d\">Amazon<\/a>. See also the post\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4887\" target=\"_d\">Alternatives to the Monster Rocket for beyond earth missions<\/a>\u00a0for more resources.<\/p>\n<p>Other space policy\/politics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/opinion\/editorials\/article\/Protecting-NASA-4940838.php\" target=\"_d\">Protecting NASA: Now is the time to get politics out of the space agency budget so NASA can soar &#8211; Houston Chronicle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2013\/10\/30\/the-space-policy-attraction-of-gravity\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-space-policy-attraction-of-gravity\" target=\"_d\">The space policy attraction of Gravity &#8211; Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crowdfundinsider.com\/2013\/10\/25314-space-solar-power-crowdfunding-change-world\/\" target=\"_d\">Space Solar Power: Could Crowdfunding Change The World? &#8211; Crowdfund Insider<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americaspace.com\/?p=44636\" target=\"_d\">Litterbugs in Space: Why the Growing Cloud of Debris in Orbit needs to be Cleaned Up &#8211; AmericaSpace<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moonandback.com\/2013\/10\/30\/big-space-vs-peoples-space\/\" target=\"_d\">Big Space vs. People\u2019s Space &#8211; Moonandback<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/article\/20131031\/COLUMNISTS0205\/310310002\/Guest-column-Celebrating-space-successes\" target=\"_d\">Guest column: Celebrating space successes &#8211; Florida Today.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/a-tiny-step-for-a-giant-leap\/article5297789.ece\" target=\"_d\">A tiny step for a giant leap? &#8211; The Hindu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rick Boozer\u00a0writes about lower cost alternatives to the SLS\/Orion system that would allow NASA to start exploring deep space soon rather than much, much later:\u00a0It&#8217;s Time to Send Americans to the Inner Solar System &#8211; Space.com. Rick is the author of the\u00a0\u00a0book\u00a0The Plundering of NASA: an Expos\u00e9, which I\u2019ve mentioned here several times. It\u2019s available &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5124\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; Oct.31.13<\/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-5124","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-1kE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6437,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6437","url_meta":{"origin":5124,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Feb.11.14","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Rick Boozer\u00a0points to Elon Musk's recent comments about eventually building a giant rocket for Mars transportation to highlight again the absurdity of the enormously expensive and pointless SLS\/Orion program :\u00a0Will SpaceX Super Rocket Kill NASA's 'Rocket to Nowhere'? \u00a0- Space.com. 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