{"id":5478,"date":"2013-11-30T17:28:11","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T17:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5478"},"modified":"2013-11-30T17:28:11","modified_gmt":"2013-11-30T17:28:11","slug":"space-policy-roundup-nov-30-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5478","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Nov.30.13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new selection of space policy\/politics related items<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/FR-2013-12-02\/html\/2013-28405.htm\" target=\"_d\">&#8220;Interpretation Concerning Involvement of NASA Astronauts During a Licensed Launch or Reentry&#8221; &#8211; Federal Register, Volume 78 Issue 231 (Monday, December 2, 2013)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Bottom line:\n<p>In conclusion, Chapter 509 and the FAA&#8217;s regulations impose no operational constraints on NASA astronauts for the scenarios envisioned here.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/science.time.com\/2013\/11\/28\/hands-off-our-lunar-landing-sites-not-so-fast\/?xid=rss-topstories&amp;utm_source=pulsenews&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29\" target=\"_d\">Hands Off Our Lunar Landing Sites? Not So Fast &#8211; TIME.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2013\/11\/29\/congressman-wants-to-know-if-nasa-has-too-much-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_d\">Congressman wants to know if NASA has too much infrastructure &#8211; Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spaceksc.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/congress-deflates-bigelow-inflates.html\" target=\"_d\">Congress Deflates, Bigelow Inflates &#8211; Space KSC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spaceksc.blogspot.com\/2013\/11\/what-is-newspace.html\" target=\"_d\">What is NewSpace? &#8211; Space KSC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ianslive.in\/index.php?param=news%2FIndia_can_partner_Ethiopia_in_space_technology-404562%2FSCIENCE+and+TECHNOLOGY%2F36#.Upn0VYKokDM.twitter\" target=\"_d\">&#8216;India can partner Ethiopia in space technology&#8217; &#8211; IANS Live<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/science\/in-the-footsteps-of-the-us-why-next-man-on-moon-will-be-chinese-8973404.html\" target=\"_d\">In the footsteps of the US: Why next man on Moon will be Chinese &#8211; The Independent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/25141597\" target=\"_d\">BBC News &#8211; Why China is fixated on the Moon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spacedigest.net\/en\/argentina-on-the-way-to-have-its-own-small-launch-vehicle\/\" target=\"_d\">Argentina on the Way to Have Its Own Small Launch Vehicle &#8211; Space Digest<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new selection of space policy\/politics related items &#8220;Interpretation Concerning Involvement of NASA Astronauts During a Licensed Launch or Reentry&#8221; &#8211; Federal Register, Volume 78 Issue 231 (Monday, December 2, 2013)\u00a0&#8211; Bottom line: In conclusion, Chapter 509 and the FAA&#8217;s regulations impose no operational constraints on NASA astronauts for the scenarios envisioned here. Hands Off &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5478\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; Nov.30.13<\/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-5478","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-1qm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7382,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7382","url_meta":{"origin":5478,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; April.18.14","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Yet more space policy\/politics related links: Administration HSF policy: NAC: NASA Connects the Dots on Future Human Spaceflight Plan, But Is It Affordable? 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