{"id":5674,"date":"2013-12-13T17:23:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T17:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5674"},"modified":"2013-12-14T07:29:51","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T07:29:51","slug":"space-policy-roundup-dec-13-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5674","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Dec.13.13 [Update]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s selection of space policy\/politics related items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2013\/12\/13\/senate-passes-amended-launch-indemnification-bill-but-time-may-have-already-run-out\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=senate-passes-amended-launch-indemnification-bill-but-time-may-have-already-run-out\" target=\"_d\">Senate passes amended launch indemnification bill, but time may have already run out &#8211; Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationweek.com\/Article.aspx?id=\/article-xml\/AW_12_09_2013_p28-643475.xml\" target=\"_d\">NRC Panel Pans NASA\u2019s Draft Science Plan &#8211; Aviation Week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollcall.com\/moneyline\/spacex-launches-second-lobbying-team\/\" target=\"_d\">SpaceX Launches Second Lobbying Team &#8211; Political MoneyLine Blog<\/a>\u00a0(Actually,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/\" target=\"_d\">SpaceX<\/a>\u00a0has had\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacexstats.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">12 launches<\/a>\u00a0so far, not 50!)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceflightnow.com\/news\/n1312\/12gao\/#.UqtBktJDttA\" target=\"_d\">GAO decision opens door for commercial lease of pad 39A &#8211; Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/business\/comment\/james-moore-google-chiefs-nasa-and-a-mixup-over-cheap-plane-fuel-9001813.html\" target=\"_d\">James Moore: Google chiefs, Nasa and a mix-up over cheap plane fuel &#8211; \u00a0The Independent<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationweek.com\/Article.aspx?id=\/article-xml\/awx_12_05_2013_p0-643577.xml\" target=\"_d\">NASA Wants Role In Europe&#8217;s Astrophysics Missions &#8211; Aviation Week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/press-room\/releases\/2013\/1212-the-planetary-society-calls-for-a-mission-to-explore-europa.html\" target=\"_d\">Europa Beckons: The Society Calls on the White House and Congress to Support a New Mission of Exploration &#8211; The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/financial-report\/38639brazil-thales-alenia-space-ink-satellite-and-tech-transfer-contracts\" target=\"_d\">Brazil, Thales Alenia Space Ink Satellite and Tech Transfer Contracts &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/satellite-telecom\/38654mexican-government-to-award-licenses-for-two-orbital-slots?utm_source=buffer&amp;utm_campaign=Buffer&amp;utm_content=buffer8ad29&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_d\">Mexican Government To Award Licenses for Two Orbital Slots &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spacedigest.net\/en\/131213_contact\/\" target=\"_d\">Russia\u2019s Parliament will ask President and Government to revive anti-satellite project &#8211; spacedigest.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.cri.cn\/7146\/2013\/12\/12\/2561s803034.htm\" target=\"_d\">Reaching the Moon &#8211; CRI.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press\/2013\/december\/nasa-selects-spacex-to-begin-negotiations-for-use-of-historic-launch-pad\/index.html\" target=\"_d\">NASA Selects SpaceX to Begin Negotiations for Use of Historic Launch Pad &#8211; NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2013\/12\/spacex-negotiations-new-life-pad39a\/#.Uqt5XQbJI1o.twitter\" target=\"_d\">SpaceX enter negotiations to breathe new life into Pad 39A &#8211; NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/civil-space\/38660nasa-negotiating-pad-lease-with-spacex-after-gao-rejects-blue-origin?utm_source=buffer&amp;utm_campaign=Buffer&amp;utm_content=buffer9965b&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_d\">NASA Negotiating Pad Lease with SpaceX after GAO Rejects Blue Origin Protest &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update 2<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coloradospacenews.com\/senate-approves-udall-supported-aerospace-bill\/\" target=\"_d\">Senate Approves Udall-Supported Aerospace Bill | Colorado Space News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/guest-blogs\/lou-friedman\/20131213-op-ed-space-race.html\" target=\"_d\">Op-Ed: The new space race: It&#8217;s not just the U.S. and Russia anymore | The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s selection of space policy\/politics related items: Senate passes amended launch indemnification bill, but time may have already run out &#8211; Space Politics \u00a0NRC Panel Pans NASA\u2019s Draft Science Plan &#8211; Aviation Week SpaceX Launches Second Lobbying Team &#8211; Political MoneyLine Blog\u00a0(Actually,\u00a0SpaceX\u00a0has had\u00a012 launches\u00a0so far, not 50!) GAO decision opens door for commercial lease of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5674\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; Dec.13.13 [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-5674","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-1tw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6776,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6776","url_meta":{"origin":5674,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; March.6.14","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A reader points me to this CNBC interview with\u00a0Steve Jurvetson\u00a0(a founder of the famous DFJ venture capital fund) who talks about rocket costs and SpaceX (one of DFJ investments) in the context of the Senate hearing on Wednesday about Defense Dept launches :\u00a0SpaceEx board member: Beginning of long new-space period\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Space Policy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Space Policy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7106,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7106","url_meta":{"origin":5674,"position":1},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; March.27.14 [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"There was hearing today of the House subcommittee on Science, NASA and Technology with NASA administrator Charles Bolden testifying\u00a0Subcommittee on Space - A Review of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Budget for Fiscal Year 2015 | Committee on Science - U.S. House of Representatives. 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