{"id":5898,"date":"2014-01-03T07:57:33","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T07:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5898"},"modified":"2014-01-03T21:13:31","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T21:13:31","slug":"space-policy-roundup-jan-3-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5898","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Jan.3.14 [Updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some space policy\/politics related links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/garver-would-cut-sls-mars2020-says-space-isnt-partisan-but-parochial\" target=\"_d\">Garver Would Cut SLS, Mars 2020; Says Space Isn&#8217;t Partisan, But Parochial &#8211; SpacePolicyOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chron.com\/sciguy\/2014\/01\/lori-garver-says-nasa-should-not-build-the-sls-where-is-it-going-to-go\/\" target=\"_d\">Lori Garver says NASA should not build the SLS: \u201cWhere is it going to go?\u201d &#8211; SciGuy\/Houston Chronicle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2014\/01\/02\/garver-nasa-should-cancel-sls-and-mars-2020\/\" target=\"_d\">Garver: NASA should cancel SLS and Mars 2020 &#8211; Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2014\/01\/02\/new-year-old-issues\/\" target=\"_d\">New year, old issues &#8211; Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/107599\/private-american-rockets-blast-open-2014-commercial-space-race-with-big-bangs-on-jan-6-7\/\" target=\"_d\">Private American Rockets Blast Open 2014 &amp; Commercial Space Race with Big Bangs on Jan. 6 &amp; 7 &#8211; Universe Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/military-space\/38880canadian-military-hungry-for-more-radarsat-2-imagery\" target=\"_d\">Canadian Military Hungry for More Radarsat-2 Imagery &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[ <strong>Update<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2014\/01\/03\/nye-nasas-asteroid-mission-concept-wont-happen\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=nye-nasas-asteroid-mission-concept-wont-happen\" target=\"_d\">Nye: NASA\u2019s asteroid mission concept won\u2019t happen -Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/civil-space\/38906esa-says-it-is-on-track-to-reduce-its-station-costs-by-30-percent\" target=\"_d\">ESA Says It Is on Track To Reduce Its Station Costs by 30 Percent &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail\/2013\/12\/31\/343030\/iran-plans-february-satellite-launch\/default.html\" target=\"_d\">Iran plans satellite launch in February: Official &#8211; PressTV<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.al.com\/business\/index.ssf\/2014\/01\/huntsville-designed_space_laun.html\" target=\"_d\">Huntsville-designed Space Launch System should be killed, former NASA No. 2 Lori Garver says &#8211; Huntsville Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/civil-space\/38912garver-nasa-should-cancel-sls-and-mars-2020-rover?utm_source=buffer&amp;utm_campaign=Buffer&amp;utm_content=buffer5fab2&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_d\">Garver: NASA Should Cancel SLS and Mars 2020 Rover &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>]<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Rick Boozer points me to a presentation he will be giving next week:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=586395038112348&amp;set=a.415279051890615.99304.100002255705326&amp;type=1\" target=\"_d\">Rick Boozer &#8211; Timeline Photos<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>R.D. Boozer (MoA in astrophysics) will give a presentation about NASA&#8217;s current dilemma and realistic steps to remedy the situation. The event will be held at the next meeting of <a href=\"http:\/\/midlandsastronomyclub.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Midlands Astronomy Club<\/a> in Columbia, SC at 7:30PM on Thursday January 9 in the South Carolina Educational Television office building beside the University of South Carolina&#8217;s football stadium. The title of the presentation is &#8220;Sending Americans into the Solar System, Starting Now&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Immediately following the presentation, signed and personalized copies of Mr. Boozer&#8217;s book, &#8220;The Plundering of NASA&#8221; will be available.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=hobbyspace&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=1300939060&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some space policy\/politics related links: Garver Would Cut SLS, Mars 2020; Says Space Isn&#8217;t Partisan, But Parochial &#8211; SpacePolicyOnline.com Lori Garver says NASA should not build the SLS: \u201cWhere is it going to go?\u201d &#8211; SciGuy\/Houston Chronicle Garver: NASA should cancel SLS and Mars 2020 &#8211; Space Politics New year, old issues &#8211; Space Politics &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5898\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; Jan.3.14 [Updated]<\/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-5898","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-1x8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5893,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5893","url_meta":{"origin":5898,"position":0},"title":"Space policy discussion on NPR radio","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"[ Update: Report on the program: Garver: NASA should cancel SLS and Mars 2020 - Space Politics Garver Would Cut SLS, Mars 2020; Says Space Isn't Partisan, But Parochial - SpacePolicyOnline.com Lori Garver says NASA should not build the SLS: \u201cWhere is it going to go?\u201d - SciGuy\/Houston Chronicle ]\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":4354,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4354","url_meta":{"origin":5898,"position":1},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Sept.7.13","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Some space policy items: Lori Garver, who is leaving her job as NASA Deputy Administrator, warns that funding for SLS\/Orion is insufficient to meet the schedule but enough to gut the agency's other priorities: New NASA rocket: New NASA rocket faces delays - Orlando Sentinel As she leaves NASA, Garver\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":4450,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4450","url_meta":{"origin":5898,"position":2},"title":"&#8220;The Plundering of NASA: An Expos\u00e9&#8221; and a comment from a former top NASA official","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I've plugged Rick Boozer's book The Plundering of NASA: an Expos\u00e9 several times here. It's about the Congressional politics which force NASA to do the bidding of regional interests that cripple the nation\u2019s capabilities in both exploring outer space and exploiting its enormous economic potential. He focuses in particular on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Space books&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Space books","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=43"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6034,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6034","url_meta":{"origin":5898,"position":3},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Dec.14.14 [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA will get close to the administration's requested 2014 budget in the new Omnibus bill:\u00a0Appropriators Release FY2014 Omnibus Bill, NASA Does Well - SpacePolicyOnline.com 4,113 million for exploration, of which * $696 million is for commercial crew, with $171 million available only after the Administrator certifies that the program has\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":5010,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5010","url_meta":{"origin":5898,"position":4},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Oct.22.13","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A selection of recent space policy\/politics related items: Lessons from Terrestrial Exploration for Earth Orbit - SpaceNews.com Legal Advice or Loopholes Needed for Manned Space Program - Wired Science Vitter blocks NASA nomination - The Advocate \u2014 Baton Rouge, LA Update:\u00a0Vitter puts hold on Energy Dept. nominee, citing NASA issues\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":3854,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3854","url_meta":{"origin":5898,"position":5},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Aug.8.13","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Some space policy items from today: Shelton Orders Shutdown of Space Fence - SpaceNews.com At anniversary of Curiosity landing, recommit to planetary science: Adam Schiff - LA Daily News - Rep. 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