{"id":6766,"date":"2014-03-05T13:50:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T13:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6766"},"modified":"2014-03-05T23:22:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T23:22:00","slug":"space-policy-roundup-march-5-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6766","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; March.5.14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A selection of space policy\/politics related links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/innerspace.net\/spacex\/ukraine-crisis-highlights-americas-propulsion-problem\/\">Ukraine Crisis Highlights America\u2019s Propulsion Problem &#8211; Innerspace.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2014\/03\/05\/two-key-texas-races-heading-to-runoffs\/\">Two key Texas races heading to runoffs &#8211; Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/03\/05\/tech\/russia-us-space-program-ukraine\/\">Why Ukraine crisis won&#8217;t affect Russia, U.S. space collaboration &#8211; CNN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NASA Budget 2105 Proposal:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2014\/03\/05\/nasa-fy-2015-budget-supports-asteroids-europa-and-commercial-crew-but-sacrifices-sofia\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=nasa-fy-2015-budget-supports-asteroids-europa-and-commercial-crew-but-sacrifices-sofia\">NASA FY 2015 budget supports asteroids, Europa, and commercial crew, but sacrifices SOFIA &#8211; Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chron.com\/sciguy\/2014\/03\/lagging-congressional-funding-for-private-space-companies-continues-to-put-nasa-at-the-behest-of-russia\/\">Lagging Congressional funding for private space companies continues to put NASA at the behest of Russia &#8211; SciGuy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/casey-dreier\/2014\/0304-first-impressions-of-the-2015-nasa-budget-request.html\">To Europa!&#8230;Slowly.- The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/24912-nasa-space-tech-science-goals-2015-pictures.html?cmpid=514648_20140304_19495924\">NASA&#8217;s Space Exploration and Tech Goals for 2015 (Images) | Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacefoundation.org\/media\/press-releases\/space-foundation-comments-presidents-fy15-nasa-budget-proposal\">Space Foundation Comments on President&#8217;s FY15 NASA Budget Proposal &#8211; Space Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spacenews.com\/article\/military-space\/39725us-air-force%E2%80%99s-2015-budget-request-funds-fewer-gps-3-satellites\">U.S. Air Force\u2019s 2015 Budget Request Funds Fewer GPS 3 Satellites &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commercialspaceflight.org\/2014\/03\/csf-applauds-nasas-proposed-fy-2015-budget\/\">CSF Applauds NASA\u2019s Proposed FY 2015 Budget &#8211; Commercial Spaceflight Federation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/schiff.house.gov\/press-releases\/rep-schiff-president-obamas-budget-an-improvement-for-planetary-science-but-still-insufficient-greater-investment-needed-for-mars-europa\/\">Congressman Adam Schiff : Press Releases : Rep. Schiff \u2013 President Obama&#8217;s Budget an Improvement for Planetary Science But Still Insufficient, Greater Investment Needed for Mars, Europa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/news\/articles\/SB10001424052702304585004579419231072988914?mod=wsj_streaming_stream&amp;mg=reno64-wsj\">NASA Spending Blueprint Aims to Boost Commercial Ventures &#8211; WSJ.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: Reports on today&#8217;s Senate hearing on defense dept. launch services:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/innerspace.net\/eelv\/spacex-and-ula-offer-competing-views-in-senate-hearing\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/innerspace.net\/eelv\/spacex-and-ula-offer-competing-views-in-senate-hearing\/\">SpaceX\u00a0and\u00a0ULA\u00a0Offer Competing Views in Senate Hearing &#8211;\u00a0Innerspace.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2014\/03\/spacex-and-ula-eelv-contracts\/#.Uxek_oXtzkE.twitter\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2014\/03\/spacex-and-ula-eelv-contracts\/#.Uxek_oXtzkE.twitter\">SpaceX\u00a0and\u00a0ULA\u00a0go toe-to-toe over\u00a0EELV\u00a0contracts &#8211; NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.marketwatch.com\/capitolreport\/2014\/03\/05\/live-blog-of-senate-space-hearing-with-elon-musk\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/blogs.marketwatch.com\/capitolreport\/2014\/03\/05\/live-blog-of-senate-space-hearing-with-elon-musk\/\">Recap: Live blog of Senate space hearing with Elon Musk &#8211; Capitol Report &#8211; MarketWatch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Webcast and witness testimonies at\u00a0\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/ht-defense.cfm?method=hearings.view&amp;id=c79ea7af-1e67-4de7-967b-95b4a78e3e35\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/ht-defense.cfm?method=hearings.view&amp;id=c79ea7af-1e67-4de7-967b-95b4a78e3e35\">Hearings &amp; Testimony<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A selection of space policy\/politics related links: Ukraine Crisis Highlights America\u2019s Propulsion Problem &#8211; Innerspace.net Two key Texas races heading to runoffs &#8211; Space Politics Why Ukraine crisis won&#8217;t affect Russia, U.S. space collaboration &#8211; CNN.com NASA Budget 2105 Proposal: NASA FY 2015 budget supports asteroids, Europa, and commercial crew, but sacrifices SOFIA &#8211; Space &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6766\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; March.5.14<\/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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6766","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-1L8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6759,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6759","url_meta":{"origin":6766,"position":0},"title":"NASA&#8217;s 2015 budget day [Updated]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The administration will release its 2015 NASA budget proposal today: What to look for on budget day - Space Politics NASA Will Seek Funds For Europa Flyby, Dark Energy Missions - Aviation Week Update: The budget has now been released. 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