{"id":5617,"date":"2013-12-10T07:31:21","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T07:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5617"},"modified":"2013-12-11T00:59:24","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T00:59:24","slug":"space-policy-roundup-dec-10-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5617","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Dec.10.13 [Update]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a post I wrote on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newspacewatch.com\">NewSpace Watch<\/a>\u00a0that was prompted by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/blog\/the-dinosaurs-of-the-launch-industry\/?singlepage=true\" target=\"_d\">Rand Simber<\/a>g&#8217;s recent\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.transterrestrial.com\/?p=52581\" target=\"_d\">commentary<\/a>\u00a0about the impact on the aerospace primes by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/\" target=\"_d\">SpaceX<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/press\/2013\/12\/03\/spacex-successfully-completes-first-mission-geostationary-transfer-orbit\" target=\"_blank\">launch<\/a>\u00a0of the SES-8 satellite to GEO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspacewatch.com\/articles\/72476-a-meteor-impact-on-the-launch-industry-inmarsat-and-reliabilty-at-any-cost-to-the-taxpayer.html\" target=\"_d\">A meteor impact on the launch industry + Inmarsat and reliability at any cost (to the taxpayer)<\/a>\u00a0<em>&#8211; available\u00a0to non-subscribers<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nss.org\/about\/bios\/strickland.html\" target=\"_d\">John Strickland<\/a>\u00a0was interviewed recently on two episodes of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dougturnbull.podbean.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Doug Turnbull<\/a>\u00a0podcast show about various space development topics, particularly the problems with the SLS\/Orion program (see John&#8217;s article\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespacereview.com\/article\/2330\/1\" target=\"_d\">Revisiting SLS\/Orion launch costs &#8211; The Space Review<\/a>):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dougturnbull.podbean.com\/2013\/11\/30\/episode-xxxii\/\" target=\"_d\">Doug Turnbull &#8211; Episode XXXII<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dougturnbull.podbean.com\/2013\/12\/07\/episode-xxxiii\/\" target=\"_d\">Doug Turnbull &#8211; Episode XXXIII<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astromaven.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Boozer<\/a>, who has also been on the Turnbull show (<a href=\"http:\/\/dougturnbull.podbean.com\/2013\/11\/02\/episode-xxviii\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/dougturnbull.podbean.com\/2013\/11\/09\/episode-xxix\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>), has a new op-ed at Space.com:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/23898-let-nasa-change-course.html\" target=\"_d\">Allow NASA to Do Great Things Again &#8211; Space Policy\/Space.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Rick&#8217;s book\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Plundering-NASA-Expos%C3%A9-R-D-Boozer\/dp\/1300939060\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1380896655&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+plundering+of+nasa\" target=\"_d\">The Plundering of NASA: an Expos\u00e9<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>More space policy\/politics related links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/casey-dreier\/2013\/20131209-the-sorry-state-of-planetary-science-funding-in-one-chart.html\" target=\"_d\">The Sorry State of Planetary Science Funding In One Chart &#8211; The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/opinion\/38562america%E2%80%99s-seed-corn-crisis\" target=\"_d\">America\u2019s Seed Corn Crisis &#8211; Bonnie Dunbar\/SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/opinion\/38560editorial-clear-the-barriers-to-commercial-research-on-iss\" target=\"_d\">Editorial | Clear the Barriers to Commercial Research on ISS &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/opinion\/38561the-time-is-not-ripe-to-tackle-space-property-rights\" target=\"_d\">The Time is Not Ripe To Tackle Space Property Rights &#8211; Michael Listner\/SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtop.com\/904\/3520946\/Space-Place\" target=\"_d\">NASA: Some perspective and gratitude &#8211; WTOP.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/indrus.in\/news\/2013\/12\/09\/deputy_prime_minister_urges_to_speed_up_vostochny_spaceport_construction_31481.html\" target=\"_d\">Deputy prime minister urges to speed up Vostochny spaceport construction &#8211; Russia &amp; India Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bjreview.com.cn\/nation\/txt\/2013-12\/08\/content_582920.htm\" target=\"_d\">Lunar Aspirations &#8211; Beijing Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/article\/1377143\/loss-brazil-satellite-deals-setback-china-space-ambitions\" target=\"_d\">Loss of Brazil satellite deals setback to China space ambitions &#8211; South China Morning Post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/casey-dreier\/2013\/20131209-the-sorry-state-of-planetary-science-funding-in-one-chart.html\" target=\"_d\">The Sorry State of Planetary Science Funding In One Chart &#8211; The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iowastatedaily.com\/opinion\/article_a4a65df4-60f4-11e3-862e-001a4bcf887a.html\" target=\"_d\">Gross: Privatized space exploration offers new chance for U.S. to re-enter the race &#8211; Iowa State Daily: Opinion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/1180172\/space-mission-should-put-woman-on-moon\" target=\"_d\">Space Mission &#8216;Should Put Woman On Moon&#8217; &#8211; SkyNews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/science\/space\/10506032\/Science-minister-David-Willetts-Britain-can-help-build-a-moon-base-and-send-a-manned-mission-to-Mars.html\" target=\"_d\">Science minister David Willetts: Britain can help build a moon base and send a manned mission to Mars &#8211; Telegraph<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a post I wrote on\u00a0NewSpace Watch\u00a0that was prompted by\u00a0Rand Simberg&#8217;s recent\u00a0commentary\u00a0about the impact on the aerospace primes by\u00a0SpaceX&#8216;s\u00a0launch\u00a0of the SES-8 satellite to GEO:\u00a0A meteor impact on the launch industry + Inmarsat and reliability at any cost (to the taxpayer)\u00a0&#8211; available\u00a0to non-subscribers. === John Strickland\u00a0was interviewed recently on two episodes of the\u00a0Doug Turnbull\u00a0podcast show &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5617\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; Dec.10.13 [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-5617","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-1sB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6541,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6541","url_meta":{"origin":5617,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; 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