{"id":7566,"date":"2014-04-30T05:36:46","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T05:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7566"},"modified":"2014-04-30T06:17:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T06:17:54","slug":"space-policy-roundup-april-29-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7566","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; April.29.14 [Update]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s selection of space policy\/politics related links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NASA:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2014\/04\/29\/science-aeronautics-explorations-all-receive-increases-in-draft-house-nasa-appropriations-bill\/\" target=\"_d\">Science, aeronautics, explorations all receive increases in draft House NASA appropriations bill &#8211;\u00a0Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/house-appropriators-propose-substantial-increase-for-nasa-including-europa\" target=\"_d\">House Appropriators Propose Substantial Increase for NASA, Including Europa &#8211; SpacePolicyOnline.com<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/civil-space\/40402179-billion-nasa-budget-proposed-by-house-cjs-appropriators?utm_content=buffera8860&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_d\">$17.9 billion NASA Budget Proposed by House CJS Appropriators &#8211;\u00a0SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/science.house.gov\/markup\/full-committee-markup-hr-4412\" target=\"_d\">Full Committee Markup &#8211; H.R. 4412\u00a0&#8211; Committee on Science &#8211; U.S. House of Representatives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spacenews.com\/article\/opinion\/40377roadmap-to-mars\" target=\"_d\">Roadmap to Mars &#8211;\u00a0SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leonarddavid.com\/return-to-the-moon-backed-by-u-s-congressman\/\" target=\"_d\">Return to the Moon Backed by U.S. Congressman &#8211; Leonard David<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Russia space:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/ukraine-crisis\/trampoline-space-russian-official-tells-nasa-take-flying-leap-n92616\" target=\"_d\">Trampoline to Space? Russian Official Tells NASA to Take a Flying Leap &#8211; NBC News.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transterrestrial.com\/?p=54691\" target=\"_d\">\u201cGet A Trampoline\u201d &#8211;\u00a0Transterrestrial Musings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2014\/04\/29\/will-new-russia-sanctions-block-satellite-exports\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=will-new-russia-sanctions-block-satellite-exports\" target=\"_d\">Will new Russia sanctions block satellite exports? &#8211; Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Defense space:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2014\/04\/28\/spacex-eelv-suit-updates\/\" target=\"_d\">SpaceX EELV suit updates &#8211; Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/BZB4t62nK5\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceX EELV lawsuit Filing (pdf)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; the legal document + <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/military-space\/40401sn-primary-source-spacex-eelv-block-buy-complaint\" target=\"_blank\">Searchable on line version &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/military-space\/40400spacex-protest-challenges-us-air-force-plan-to-buy-22-rocket-cores-from?utm_content=buffer3e00b&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_d\">SpaceX Protest Challenges U.S. Air Force Plan To Buy 22 Rocket Cores from ULA\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/network\/news\/space\/home\/spacenews\/files\/042914_ula_blockbuy.html#unique-entry-id-706\" target=\"_d\">ULA defends 27-rocket &#8216;block buy&#8217; contract &#8211; William Harwood\/CBS Space News<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/dem-donor-wants-defense-contracts\/\" target=\"_d\">Dem Donor Wants Defense Contracts &#8211; Washington Free Beacon<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; From the title to the end, most everything in this piece is either wrong (e.g.\u00a0Musk\u00a0donates as much or more to Republicans as Democrats), a half-truth, or a ludicrous misrepresentation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacenews.com\/article\/military-space\/40404draft-house-bill-recommends-220-million-next-year-for-rd-180-alternative?utm_content=buffer6d107&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_d\">Draft House Bill Recommends $220 Million Next Year for RD-180 Alternative | SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Weather sats:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spacenews.com\/article\/opinion\/40374editorial-an-improvement-in-more-ways-than-one\" target=\"_d\">Editorial | An Improvement in More Ways than One &#8211;\u00a0SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Orbital debris:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spacenews.com\/article\/opinion\/40376adopting-a-new-viewpoint-about-orbital-debris\" target=\"_d\">Adopting a New Viewpoint about Orbital Debris -SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/story\/news\/2014\/04\/29\/age-costs-challenge-nasa-space-network\/8468847\/\" target=\"_d\">Audit: Age, costs challenge NASA&#8217;s Space Network &#8211; Florida Today<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oig.nasa.gov\/audits\/reports\/FY14\/IG-14-018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Space Communications and Navigation: NASA\u2019s Management of the Space Network &#8211; NASA OIG (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/house-ss-t-committee-clears-2014-nasa-authorization-bill#.U2Buvi6EHnw.twitter\" target=\"_d\">House SS&amp;T Committee Clears 2014 NASA Authorization Bill &#8211; SpacePolicyOnline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2014\/04\/30\/house-science-committee-swiftly-approves-new-nasa-authorization\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=house-science-committee-swiftly-approves-new-nasa-authorization\" target=\"_d\">House Science Committee swiftly approves new NASA authorization &#8211;\u00a0Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s selection of space policy\/politics related links: NASA: Science, aeronautics, explorations all receive increases in draft House NASA appropriations bill &#8211;\u00a0Space Politics \u00a0House Appropriators Propose Substantial Increase for NASA, Including Europa &#8211; SpacePolicyOnline.com\u00a0 $17.9 billion NASA Budget Proposed by House CJS Appropriators &#8211;\u00a0SpaceNews.com Full Committee Markup &#8211; H.R. 4412\u00a0&#8211; Committee on Science &#8211; U.S. House &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7566\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; April.29.14 [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-7566","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-1Y2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3315,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3315","url_meta":{"origin":7566,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; 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