{"id":7503,"date":"2014-04-24T23:53:41","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T23:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7503"},"modified":"2014-04-24T23:53:41","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T23:53:41","slug":"space-policy-roundup-april-24-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7503","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; April.24.14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A selection of space policy\/politics related links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NASA:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spaceksc.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/the-mars-bar.html\" target=\"_d\">The Mars Bar &#8211; Stephen C. Smith\/Space KSC<\/a>\u00a0-Commentary on Charles Bolden&#8217;s keynote this week at the Humans-2-Mars symposium (see video below)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/2014-04-24\/news\/johnson-space-center-houston\/\" target=\"_d\">Houston&#8217;s Space Problem: Johnson Space Center Has Lost Its Identity and Purpose &#8211; Houston Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nasawatch.com\/archives\/2014\/04\/theyre-still-dr.html\" target=\"_d\">They&#8217;re Still Drinking The Koolaid in Texas &#8211; NASA Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-2612074\/Nasas-Mad-Men-How-agency-sold-Apollo-missions-thr-public-inspired-golden-age-space-exploration.html\" target=\"_d\">How Nasa sold Apollo missions to the public and inspired golden age &#8211;\u00a0Mail Online<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; many 1960s space promotional images<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Lunar exploration:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonarddavid.com\/attention-friends-of-the-moon\/\" target=\"_d\">ATTENTION! Friends of the Moon &#8211; Leonard David<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Asteroid impact threat:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationweek.com\/Article.aspx?id=\/article-xml\/awx_04_23_2014_p0-680129.xml\" target=\"_d\">Silicon Valley Nonprofit Warns Of Asteroid Hazard &#8211; Aviation Week<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commercial space transport:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/NASA_ROI_Report_April2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0NASA\u2019s Return On Investment Report \u00a0#15 &#8211; April 2014 (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Defense:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/25611-x37b-military-space-plane-500-days.html\" target=\"_d\">US Air Force&#8217;s X-37B Space Plane Passes 500 Days in Orbit &#8211; Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>US state space:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2014\/04\/24\/arizona-passes-spaceflight-liability-bill\/\" target=\"_d\">Arizona passes spaceflight liability bill &#8211; Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Global space:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.ria.ru\/world\/20140424\/189349191\/No-Plans-to-Produce-Zenit-Rocket-in-Russia--Roscosmos.html\" target=\"_d\">No Plans to Produce Zenit Rocket in Russia \u2013 Roscosmos &#8211; RIA Novosti<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.ria.ru\/russia\/20140424\/189350808\/Russia-Set-to-Boost-Space-Cooperation-With-India-China.html\" target=\"_d\">Russia Set to Boost Space Cooperation With India, China &#8211; RIA Novosti<\/a><\/li>\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%3a302db015-5f8c-45c2-8609-a678a47a79d2\" target=\"_d\">France, Peru Sign Bilateral Agreement for Airbus Spy Satellite &#8211; Aviation Week<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0General:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/achenblog\/wp\/2014\/04\/23\/why-few-people-are-paying-attention-to-todays-spacewalk\/\" target=\"_d\">Why few people are paying attention to today\u2019s spacewalk &#8211; Joel Achenbach\/Washington Post<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Webcasts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden&#8217;s keynote address to the Humans-2-Mars symposium:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U-Rt0ohhXsI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A selection of space policy\/politics related links: NASA: The Mars Bar &#8211; Stephen C. Smith\/Space KSC\u00a0-Commentary on Charles Bolden&#8217;s keynote this week at the Humans-2-Mars symposium (see video below) Houston&#8217;s Space Problem: Johnson Space Center Has Lost Its Identity and Purpose &#8211; Houston Press They&#8217;re Still Drinking The Koolaid in Texas &#8211; NASA Watch How &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7503\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; April.24.14<\/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-7503","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-1X1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5386,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5386","url_meta":{"origin":7503,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Nov.22.13 [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Obama administration released their official national space transportation policy document yesterday: National Space Transportation Policy - The White House (pdf) New national space transportation policy makes modest, not major, changes - Space Politics Commercial Spaceflight Federation Hails Innovative\u00a0National Space Transportation Policy - CSF U.S. Issues New Space-Transportation Policy -\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":4479,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4479","url_meta":{"origin":7503,"position":1},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; Sept.15.13","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A couple of space policy related items: The international space station is one of humanity's great engineering triumphs. 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