{"id":7804,"date":"2014-05-15T20:08:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T00:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7804"},"modified":"2014-05-15T20:11:37","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T00:11:37","slug":"space-policy-roundup-may-15-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7804","title":{"rendered":"Space policy roundup &#8211; May.15.14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Space policy\/politics links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ULA vs SpaceX:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/economy\/feud-between-spacex-and-ula-over-space-contract-grows-more-intense\/2014\/05\/14\/120b3ea0-db84-11e3-b745-87d39690c5c0_story.html\" target=\"_d\">Feud between SpaceX and ULA over space contract grows more intense &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulalaunch.com\/ula-statement-regarding-reports-of-russian.aspx?title=ULA+Statement+Regarding+Reports+of+Russian+Engine+Restrictions\" target=\"_d\">ULA Statement Regarding Reports of Russian Engine Restrictions &#8211; United Launch Alliance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Defense launch:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolicyonline.com\/news\/nelson-sasc-will-deal-with-rd-180-issue-next-week?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Spacepolicyonline+%28SpacePolicyOnline+News%29\" target=\"_d\">Nelson: SASC Will Deal with RD-180 Issue Next Week &#8211; SpacePolicyOnline<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2014\/05\/15\/nelson-we-have-major-decisions-to-make-soon-on-launch-issues\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=nelson-we-have-major-decisions-to-make-soon-on-launch-issues\" target=\"_d\">Nelson: we have \u201cmajor decisions\u201d to make soon on launch issues &#8211;\u00a0Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Russia space:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/orlando\/blog\/2014\/05\/elon-musk-was-right-what-russias-anti-nasa-plan.html\" target=\"_d\">Elon Musk was right: What Russia&#8217;s anti-NASA plan means for C. Fla. &#8211; Orlando Business Journal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacepolitics.com\/2014\/05\/15\/house-members-press-nasa-for-information-on-russia-crisis-effects-on-iss\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=house-members-press-nasa-for-information-on-russia-crisis-effects-on-iss\" target=\"_d\">House members press NASA for information on Russia crisis effects on ISS &#8211;\u00a0Space Politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/behindtheblack.com\/behind-the-black\/points-of-information\/amid-its-political-kerfuffle-with-the-u-s-russia-has-significantly-increased-the-government-budget-of-its-space-industry\" target=\"_d\">Amid its political kerfuffle with the U.S., Russia has significantly increased the government budget of its space industry\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Behind The Black<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spacenews.com\/article\/satellite-telecom\/40570state-department-issues-shipping-licenses-for-two-russia-bound\" target=\"_d\">State Department Issues Shipping Licenses for Two Russia-bound Satellites &#8211;\u00a0SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/science.house.gov\/press-release\/committee-questions-stability-us-russia-space-partnership\" target=\"_d\">Committee Questions Stability of U.S.-Russia Space Partnership &#8211;\u00a0Committee on Science\/U.S. House of Representatives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>SLS\/Orion:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/innerspace.net\/sls-orion\/new-gao-report-blasts-nasas-accounting-for-slsorion\/\" target=\"_d\">New GAO Report Blasts NASA\u2019s Accounting for SLS\/Orion\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Innerspace.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>NASA:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/products\/GAO-14-315\" target=\"_d\">Export Controls: NASA Management Action and Improved Oversight Needed to Reduce the Risk of Unauthorized Access to Its Technologies &#8211; US GAO<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<strong>Webcasts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/multimedia\/planetary-radio\/show\/2014\/20140513-advocacy-report-good-week-in-washington.html\" target=\"_d\">Special Planetary Radio Advocacy Report From Casey Dreier: A Good Week in Washington\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0The Planetary Society<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Extended discussion of the proposed House budget for NASA<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7804-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/planetary.s3.amazonaws.com\/audioreport\/2014-05-14-Casey-Advocacy-Update-Special-Report-Podcast.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/planetary.s3.amazonaws.com\/audioreport\/2014-05-14-Casey-Advocacy-Update-Special-Report-Podcast.mp3\">http:\/\/planetary.s3.amazonaws.com\/audioreport\/2014-05-14-Casey-Advocacy-Update-Special-Report-Podcast.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>*\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thespaceshow.wordpress.com\/2014\/05\/15\/the-john-batchelor-show-hotel-mars-wednesday-5-14-14\/\" target=\"_d\">The John Batchelor Show Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 5-14-14 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Thespaceshow&#8217;s Blog<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Bill Harwood of CBS News talks about US-Russia space relations:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7804-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/archived.thespaceshow.com\/shows\/2243-BWB-2014-05-14.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/archived.thespaceshow.com\/shows\/2243-BWB-2014-05-14.mp3\">http:\/\/archived.thespaceshow.com\/shows\/2243-BWB-2014-05-14.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=d_7CigDTWtg\" target=\"_d\">Senator Bill Nelson Comments on U.S.-Russian Space Relations, U.S. Senate, May 14, 2014 &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/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\/d_7CigDTWtg?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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space policy\/politics links: ULA vs SpaceX: Feud between SpaceX and ULA over space contract grows more intense &#8211; The Washington Post ULA Statement Regarding Reports of Russian Engine Restrictions &#8211; United Launch Alliance Defense launch: Nelson: SASC Will Deal with RD-180 Issue Next Week &#8211; SpacePolicyOnline Nelson: we have \u201cmajor decisions\u201d to make soon on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7804\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space policy roundup &#8211; May.15.14<\/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-7804","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-21S","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7924,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7924","url_meta":{"origin":7804,"position":0},"title":"Space policy roundup &#8211; 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