{"id":6526,"date":"2014-02-17T07:03:23","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T07:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6526"},"modified":"2014-02-17T21:03:07","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T21:03:07","slug":"space-policy-roundup-feb-17-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6526","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Feb.17.14 [Updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another selection of space policy\/politics related \u00a0links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/space-policy-events-for-february-17-21-2014#.UwFJnf5FYwI.twitter\" target=\"_d\">Space Policy Events for February 17-21, 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/articles\/2014\/2\/16\/this-space-for-rentprivatesatellitesraiseprofitsprivacyconcerns.html\" target=\"_d\">This space for rent? Private satellites raise profits, privacy concerns &#8211; Al Jazeera America<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2014\/02\/16\/spaceport-tax-debate-reaches-climax-in-new-mexico-this-week\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=spaceport-tax-debate-reaches-climax-in-new-mexico-this-week\" target=\"_d\">Spaceport tax debate reaches climax in New Mexico this week &#8211; \u00a0Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spacenews.com\/article\/military-space\/39499usaf-examining-alternatives-for-all-of-its-big-satellite-programs\" target=\"_d\">USAF Examining Alternatives for All of Its Big Satellite Programs &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/24696-asteroid-strike-nuclear-bombs.html\" target=\"_d\">How Nuclear Bombs Could Save Earth from Killer Asteroids &#8211; Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/thetwo-way\/2014\/02\/14\/277058739\/1-in-4-americans-think-the-sun-goes-around-the-earth-survey-says\" target=\"_d\">1 In 4 Americans Thinks The Sun Goes Around The Earth, Survey Says : The Two-Way &#8211; NPR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.sciencemag.org\/asiapacific\/2014\/02\/india-unveils-astronaut-capsule\" target=\"_d\">India Unveils Astronaut Capsule &#8211; Science\/AAAS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/babbage\/2014\/02\/lunar-property-rights\" target=\"_d\">Lunar property rights: Hard cheese &#8211; The Economist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nss.org\/news\/releases\/NSS_Release_20140217_Cosmic_Impacts.html\" target=\"_d\">National Space Society Issues Position on Protecting Earth from Cosmic Impacts &#8211; NSS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceKSCBlog\/status\/435401330341847040\" target=\"_d\">Twitter \/ SpaceKSCBlog:<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0&#8211; Stephen C. Smith<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Found this Jan. 2009 column on <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tsr\">@tsr<\/a> urging <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\">@BarackObama<\/a> to embrace NewSpace. <a dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/thespacereview.com\/article\/1288\/1\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/tJHrMGAVru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/thespacereview.com\/article\/1288\/1\">http:\/\/thespacereview.com\/article\/1288\/1\u00a0<\/a> The author nailed it! <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lori_Garver\">@Lori_Garver<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lori_Garver\" data-user-id=\"119897041\">Lori Garver\u00a0\u200f@Lori_Garver\u00a0<\/a>: &#8220;If only! MT: <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceKSCBlog\">@SpaceKSCBlog<\/a>: Found 2009 column urging [&#8230;]&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spaceksc.blogspot.com\/2014\/02\/10-cool-things-about-us-space-program.html\" target=\"_d\">10 Cool Things About the U.S. Space Program &#8211; Space KSC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/02\/17\/opinion\/looking-for-a-mirror.html?_r=0\" target=\"_d\">Looking for a Mirror &#8211; Lee Billings\/NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interfax.com\/newsinf.asp?id=481057\" target=\"_d\">Russian, Kazakh space agencies&#8217; chiefs to discuss Baikonur use in Moscow &#8211; Interfax<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update 2<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespacereview.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Space Review:\u00a0<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespacereview.com\/article\/2455\/1\" target=\"_d\">EELV\u2019s era of transition &#8211; by Stewart Money<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespacereview.com\/article\/2454\/1\" target=\"_d\">Who framed Jade Rabbit? &#8211; by Jeff Foust<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespacereview.com\/article\/2453\/1\" target=\"_d\">\u201cThe All-American Boy\u201d: Walt Cunningham speaks on Apollo 7 and more<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespacereview.com\/article\/2452\/1\" target=\"_d\">Review: <em>The Martian<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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=0804139024&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>Another selection of space policy\/politics related \u00a0links: Space Policy Events for February 17-21, 2014 This space for rent? Private satellites raise profits, privacy concerns &#8211; Al Jazeera America Spaceport tax debate reaches climax in New Mexico this week &#8211; \u00a0Space Politics USAF Examining Alternatives for All of Its Big Satellite Programs &#8211; SpaceNews.com How Nuclear &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6526\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; Feb.17.14 [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-6526","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-1Hg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5416,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5416","url_meta":{"origin":6526,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; 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