{"id":7129,"date":"2014-03-28T16:28:18","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T16:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7129"},"modified":"2014-03-29T02:05:49","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T02:05:49","slug":"space-policy-roundup-march-28-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7129","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; March.28.14 [Update]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s selection of space policy\/politics related items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spaceflight safety:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationweek.com\/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:04ce340e-4b63-4d23-9695-d49ab661f385&amp;plckPostId=Blog%3a04ce340e-4b63-4d23-9695-d49ab661f385Post%3a99404be9-3c7b-48d2-913d-4355363af32e\" target=\"_blank\">NASA Operates in the Shadow of Columbia &#8211; Aviation Week<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; I posted a comment to this item.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacesafetymagazine.com\/2014\/03\/28\/doctor-doctor-medical-rules-standards-guidelines-suborbital-space\/\" target=\"_d\">\u201cDoctor, Doctor, Can I Go?\u201d Medical Rules, Standards, and Guidelines for Suborbital Space -Space Safety Magazine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Space costs:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/launch-report\/40006spacex-says-requirements-not-markup-make-government-missions-more-costly\" target=\"_d\">SpaceX Says Requirements, Not Markup, Make Government Missions More Costly &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>NASA budget:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/science\/sciencenow\/la-sci-sn-nasa-budget-funding-mars-rover-opportunity-lro-20140327,0,5621432.story\" target=\"_d\">Could NASA&#8217;s 2015 budget leave Mars rover Opportunity high and dry? &#8211; latimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>House hearing:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2455574,00.asp\" target=\"_d\">Lawmakers Grill NASA on Russia Crisis, Asteroid Capture Plan &#8211; PCMag.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.al.com\/breaking\/2014\/03\/nasa_administrator_says_cancel.html\" target=\"_d\">NASA administrator says cancel Space Launch System, Orion if Russia stops U.S. astronaut rides &#8211; AL.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/civil-space\/40004house-science-committee-questions-decision-to-cancel-sofia\" target=\"_d\">House Science Committee Questions Decision To Cancel SOFIA &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/story\/tech\/science\/space\/2014\/03\/27\/bolden-breakdown-russia-may-stall-deep-space-plan\/6973743\/\" target=\"_d\">Bolden: Breakdown with Russia may stall deep-space plan &#8211; Florida Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/bolden-reassures-on-iss-defends-arm-insists-on-commercial-crew?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Spacepolicyonline+%28SpacePolicyOnline+News%29\" target=\"_d\">Bolden Reassures on ISS, Defends ARM, Insists on Commercial Crew &#8211; SpacePolicyOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2014\/03\/28\/bolden-and-house-committee-clash-over-nasa-priorities\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=bolden-and-house-committee-clash-over-nasa-priorities\" target=\"_d\">Bolden and House committee clash over NASA priorities &#8211; Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Projects:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/civil-space\/40005lightfoot-pins-125-billion-estimate-on-asteroid-mission%E2%80%99s-robotic-capture\" target=\"_d\">Lightfoot Pins $1.25 Billion Estimate on Asteroid Mission\u2019s Robotic Capture &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/civil-space\/40017nasa-holding-backup-plan-for-troubled-jwst-component\" target=\"_d\">NASA Holding Backup Plan for Troubled JWST Component &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/civil-space\/40011starshade-concept-waiting-in-the-wings-if-wfirst-afta-falters\" target=\"_d\">Starshade Concept Waiting in the Wings If WFIRST-AFTA Falters &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0&#8211; see recent item here about star shades<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Global space:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/civil-space\/40020france-china-set-sail-on-joint-ocean-surface-satellite-project\" target=\"_d\">France, China Set Sail on Joint Ocean-surface Satellite Project &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/innerspace.net\/nasa\/congress-attempts-to-shift-the-blame-for-reliance-on-russian-rockets\/\" target=\"_d\">Congress Attempts to Shift the Blame for Reliance on Russian Rockets &#8211; Innerspace.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizensinspace.org\/2014\/03\/ancient-missile-ranges-holding-back-space-access\/\" target=\"_d\">Ancient Missile Ranges Holding Back Space Access &#8211; Citizens in Space<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spaceksc.blogspot.com\/2014\/03\/charlie-emboldened.html\" target=\"_d\">Charlie Emboldened &#8211; Space KSC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s selection of space policy\/politics related items: Spaceflight safety: NASA Operates in the Shadow of Columbia &#8211; Aviation Week\u00a0&#8211; I posted a comment to this item. \u201cDoctor, Doctor, Can I Go?\u201d Medical Rules, Standards, and Guidelines for Suborbital Space -Space Safety Magazine Space costs: SpaceX Says Requirements, Not Markup, Make Government Missions More Costly &#8211; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7129\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; March.28.14 [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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7129","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-1QZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7971,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7971","url_meta":{"origin":7129,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; May.30.14 [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"As he explained\u00a0in the\u00a0book Safe Is Not An Option\u00a0and discussed in a\u00a0USA Today article recently, Rand Simberg\u00a0is campaigning for astronaut\u00a0safety to\u00a0be put into its\u00a0proper perspective. 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