{"id":7106,"date":"2014-03-27T15:04:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T15:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7106"},"modified":"2014-03-28T06:40:11","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T06:40:11","slug":"space-policy-roundup-march-27-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7106","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; March.27.14 [Update]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was hearing today of the House subcommittee on Science, NASA and Technology with NASA administrator Charles Bolden testifying\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/science.house.gov\/hearing\/subcommittee-space-review-national-aeronautics-and-space-administration-budget-fiscal-year\" target=\"_d\">Subcommittee on Space &#8211; A Review of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Budget for Fiscal Year 2015 | Committee on Science &#8211; U.S. House of Representatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are notes on the exchanges. The Congresspersons (who mostly represent districts with NASA centers) as usual hailed the SLS\/Orion jobs programs while Bolden was more emphatic this time in supporting the Commercial Crew program and blaming Congress for delaying it in favor of paying Russia to launch US astronauts to the ISS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpcPlcyOnline\" target=\"_d\">Marcia Smith (SpcPlcyOnline) on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Leone_SN\" target=\"_d\">Dan Leone (Leone_SN) on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceArtAl\" target=\"_d\">Alan Ladwig (SpaceArtAl) on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeff_foust\" target=\"_d\">Jeff Foust (jeff_foust) on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yet another selection of space policy\/politics related links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/news\/os-ukraine-space-station-20140325,0,7637876.story\" target=\"_d\">NASA uses Russia standoff to push for U.S.-run &#8220;taxi&#8221; to space station &#8211; Orlando Sentinel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/proposed-sofia-cancellation-rankles-congress-scientists?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Spacepolicyonline+%28SpacePolicyOnline+News%29\" target=\"_d\">Proposed SOFIA Cancellation Rankles Congress, Scientists &#8211; SpacePoliceOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2014\/03\/26\/bolden-uses-soyuz-launch-to-press-for-commercial-crew-funding\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=bolden-uses-soyuz-launch-to-press-for-commercial-crew-funding\" target=\"_d\">Bolden uses Soyuz launch to press for commercial crew funding &#8211; Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2014\/03\/eastern-range-radar-upcoming-launches\/#.UzOnZgJxTS4.twitter\" target=\"_d\">Eastern Range Radar issue delays upcoming Cape launches &#8211; \u00a0NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blogs\/casey-dreier\/2014\/0326-the-2015-nasa-budget-what-next.html\" target=\"_d\">The NASA Budget: What Next &#8211; The Planetary Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2014\/03\/26\/how_russia_could_strangle_the_us_space_program_partner\/\" target=\"_d\">How Russia could strangle the U.S. space program &#8211; Salon.com<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Includes some BS about how difficult it would be for DoD sats to fly on SpaceX rockets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[ <strong>Update<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/civil-space\/40007bolden-lawmakers-point-fingers-about-state-of-us-human-spaceflight?utm_content=buffer4e852&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_d\">Bolden, Lawmakers Point Fingers about State of U.S. Human Spaceflight &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/news\/n1403\/27ariane6\/#.UzR6iahdVtA\" target=\"_d\">Germany calls for redesign of next-generation Ariane &#8211; Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/innerspace.net\/spacex\/breaking-the-eelv-monopoly-spacex-receives-study-contract-from-the-air-force\/\" target=\"_d\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/innerspace.net\/spacex\/breaking-the-eelv-monopoly-spacex-receives-study-contract-from-the-air-force\/\">Breaking the EELV Monopoly: SpaceX Receives Study Contract From the Air Force &#8211; Innerspace.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update 2<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transterrestrial.com\/?p=54209\" target=\"_d\">This Morning\u2019s Space Hearing &#8211; Transterrestrial Musings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>]<\/p>\n<p>Webcasts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Space segments on the John Batchelor show:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/johnbatchelorshow.com\/podcasts\/2014\/03\/24\/fourth-hour\" target=\"_d\">Mon 3\/24\/14 Hr 4 | John Batchelor Show<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespacereview.com\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Foust<\/a> discusses SpaceX and reusable launch vehicles<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/johnbatchelorshow.com\/podcasts\/2014\/03\/25\/third-hour\" target=\"_d\">Tues 3\/25\/14 Hr 3 | John Batchelor Show<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Space news and policy with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.behindtheblack.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Zimmerman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/johnbatchelorshow.com\/podcasts\/2014\/03\/26\/first-hour\" target=\"_d\">Wed 3\/26\/14 Hr 1 | John Batchelor Show<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Alan Stern and the <a href=\"http:\/\/pluto.jhuapl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Horizons<\/a> mission to Pluto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was hearing today of the House subcommittee on Science, NASA and Technology with NASA administrator Charles Bolden testifying\u00a0Subcommittee on Space &#8211; A Review of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Budget for Fiscal Year 2015 | Committee on Science &#8211; U.S. House of Representatives. Here are notes on the exchanges. The Congresspersons (who mostly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7106\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; March.27.14 [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":[7,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-policy","category-spacecasts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1QC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7266,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7266","url_meta":{"origin":7106,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; April.9.14 [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A selection of space policy\/politics related posts: Budgets: Like Last Year, New House NASA Bill Prohibits Development of Asteroid Redirect Mission - SpacePolicyOnline.com Mikulski wants to up the new budget to flat - Space Politics For Space Projects, Zero Gravity - NYTimes.com House appropriations hearing \u00a0April.8.14: Bolden and House appropriators\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Space Policy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Space Policy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ctJnOHwBmU8\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3315,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3315","url_meta":{"origin":7106,"position":1},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; July.11.13","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Today's listing of space policy relate links: Palazzo Vision: House Eviscerates NASA Space Act Agreements - Parabolic Arc House appropriators approve bill, Senate to act next week - Space Politics NASA Authorization Act of 2013, House Space Subcommittee, July 10, 2013 - YouTube House bill kills NASA mission to snag\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":2378,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2378","url_meta":{"origin":7106,"position":2},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; May 20, 2013","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Jeff Foust reports on how Charles Bolden sees NASA's commercial crew program and how it is seen by a staffer to\u00a0 Rep. 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