{"id":6478,"date":"2014-02-14T02:58:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T02:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6478"},"modified":"2014-02-14T06:50:41","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T06:50:41","slug":"space-policy-roundup-feb-13-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6478","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Feb.13.14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Allen Taylor writes about Rick Boozer&#8217;s book :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/moontube.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/30\/book-review-the-plundering-of-nasa\/\" target=\"_d\">Book Review: The Plundering of NASA &#8211; The Zetetic Forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More space policy\/politics links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/rep-wolf-taken-aback-by-security-challenges-at-nasa?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Spacepolicyonline+%28SpacePolicyOnline+News%29\" target=\"_d\">Rep. Wolf &#8220;Taken Aback&#8221; by Security Challenges at NASA &#8211; SpacePolicyOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/civil-space\/39485report-nasa-needs-agency-wide-rules-for-foreign-access-to-centers\" target=\"_d\">Report: NASA Needs Agency-wide Rules for Foreign Access to Centers &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/spaceports.blogspot.com\/2014\/02\/virginia-aerospace-days-leads-to-two.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Spaceports+%28Spaceports%29\" target=\"_d\">Virginia Aerospace Days Leads to Two Senate Joint Resolutions and Budget Support<\/a><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/spaceports.blogspot.com\/2014\/02\/virginia-aerospace-days-leads-to-two.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Spaceports+%28Spaceports%29\" target=\"_d\">Spaceports: Virginia Aerospace Days Leads to Two Senate Joint Resolutions and Budget Support &#8211; Spaceports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/myemail.constantcontact.com\/For-Immediate-Release--Global-Spending-on-Space-Decreases-for-First-Time-in-20-Years-.html?soid=1109091349555&amp;aid=I9aTHzFO3wY\" target=\"_d\">Global Spending on Space Decreases for First Time in 20 Years: 22 new emerging space nations to invest in industry projects over next decade &#8211; Euroconsult<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/24671-asteroid-threat-united-nations.html\" target=\"_d\">United Nations Takes Aim at Asteroid Threat to Earth &#8211; Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spacenews.com\/article\/civil-space\/39480us-french-deal-gives-green-light-to-uae-observation-satellites\" target=\"_d\">U.S.-French Deal Gives Green Light to UAE Observation Satellites &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/u-s-france-herald-space-cooperation?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Spacepolicyonline+%28SpacePolicyOnline+News%29\" target=\"_d\">U.S., France Herald Space Cooperation &#8211; SpacePolicyOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flightglobal.com\/news\/articles\/europe-presses-on-with-ariane-6-feasibility-study-395889\/\" target=\"_d\">Europe presses on with Ariane 6 feasibility study &#8211; Flight Global<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/thornburgh-report-notes-tension-between-international-cooperation-and-security-at-nasa?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Spacepolicyonline+%28SpacePolicyOnline+News%29\" target=\"_d\">Thornburgh Report Notes &#8220;Tension&#8221; Between International Cooperation and Security at NASA &#8211; spacepolicyonline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">**************************<\/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>Allen Taylor writes about Rick Boozer&#8217;s book :\u00a0Book Review: The Plundering of NASA &#8211; The Zetetic Forum. More space policy\/politics links: Rep. Wolf &#8220;Taken Aback&#8221; by Security Challenges at NASA &#8211; SpacePolicyOnline.com Report: NASA Needs Agency-wide Rules for Foreign Access to Centers &#8211; SpaceNews.com Virginia Aerospace Days Leads to Two Senate Joint Resolutions and Budget &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6478\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; Feb.13.14<\/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-6478","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-1Gu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2899,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2899","url_meta":{"origin":6478,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;The Plundering of NASA: an Expos\u00e9&#8221; by Rick Boozer","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out astrophysicist Rick Boozer's new book, The Plundering of NASA: an Expos\u00e9, which I read in draft form. 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