{"id":5251,"date":"2013-11-11T06:55:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T06:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5251"},"modified":"2013-11-11T19:40:31","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T19:40:31","slug":"space-policy-roundup-nov-11-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5251","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Nov.11.13 [Update]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second half of the interview with\u00a0Rick Boozer on <a href=\"http:\/\/dougturnbull.podbean.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Doug Turnbull<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<em>Mars Pirate Radio<\/em> program has now been posted on line:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dougturnbull.podbean.com\/2013\/11\/09\/episode-xxix\/\" target=\"_d\">Episode XXIX &#8211; dougturnbull<\/a>. \u00a0The first part of the interview is available at :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dougturnbull.podbean.com\/2013\/11\/02\/episode-xxviii\/\" target=\"_d\">Episode XXVIII &#8211; dougturnbull<\/a>. \u00a0They focused on the issues raised in Rick\u2019s new book,\u00a0<em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00CQQ3MQK\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00CQQ3MQK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace\">The Plundering of NASA: an Expos\u00e9, How pork barrel politics harm American spaceflight leadership<\/a><\/em><\/em><em><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Other recent space policy\/politics related items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/space-policy-events-for-the-week-of-november-11-17-2013\" target=\"_d\">Space Policy Events for the Week of November 11-17, 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/nation\/article\/Downsizing-NASA-runs-into-political-opposition-4971445.php\" target=\"_d\">Downsizing NASA runs into political opposition &#8211; SFGate<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; about the roadblocks placed by Congresspersons whenever NASA tries to close a facility or move one to where it would be more efficient.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/23531-olympic-torch-kindles-space-inspiration.html\" target=\"_d\">Sending Olympic Torch to Space, Russia Flaunts Inspiration Superiority &#8211; Leroy Chiao\/Supporting Spaceflight\/Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycamera.com\/columnists\/ci_24485286\/evans-space-country-that-is-ceasing-wonder\" target=\"_d\">Evans: Space in a country that is ceasing to wonder &#8211; Boulder Daily Camera<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2013\/11\/09\/gingrich-looks-back-at-2012-as-he-reiterates-his-vision-for-space-policy\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=gingrich-looks-back-at-2012-as-he-reiterates-his-vision-for-space-policy\" target=\"_d\">Gingrich looks back at 2012 as he reiterates his vision for space policy &#8211; Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spaceksc.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/commercial-cargo-victory-lap.html\" target=\"_d\">Commercial Cargo Victory Lap &#8211; Space KSC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itar-tass.com\/en\/c32\/950726.html\" target=\"_d\">Russian Academy of Sciences: Meteorite threat becoming more acute because of growing population density &#8211; ITAR-TASS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2013\/11\/poor-countries-want-space-programs-more-than-rich-ones-do\/\" target=\"_d\">Poor countries want space programs more than rich ones do: Spending on space exploration is booming\u2014just not among traditional space powers &#8211; Ars Technica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.airspacemag.com\/moon\/2013\/11\/watch-where-you-step-on-the-moon\/\" target=\"_d\">Watch Where You Step on the Moon &#8211; The Once and Future Moon<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transterrestrial.com\/?p=52156\" target=\"_d\">No, Veronique &#8211; Transterrestrial Musings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update 2:<\/strong>\u00a0The first lecture in the Rice University&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spacefrontiers.rice.edu\/\" target=\"_d\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/spacefrontiers.rice.edu\/\">Space Frontiers Lecture Series<\/a>\u00a0is titled\u00a0<em>Whose fault is it anyway?\u00a0The politics and\u00a0policy of commercial space pay to play<\/em>, by\u00a0Maria-Vittoria\u00a0\u201cGiugi\u201d\u00a0Carminati\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spacefrontiers.blogs.rice.edu\/november-19-2013\/\" target=\"_d\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/spacefrontiers.blogs.rice.edu\/november-19-2013\/\">November 19, 2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second half of the interview with\u00a0Rick Boozer on Doug Turnbull&#8216;s\u00a0Mars Pirate Radio program has now been posted on line:\u00a0Episode XXIX &#8211; dougturnbull. \u00a0The first part of the interview is available at :\u00a0Episode XXVIII &#8211; dougturnbull. \u00a0They focused on the issues raised in Rick\u2019s new book,\u00a0The Plundering of NASA: an Expos\u00e9, How pork barrel politics &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5251\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; Nov.11.13 [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-5251","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-1mH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5151,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5151","url_meta":{"origin":5251,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; 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