Here are our tidbits for today, October 6, 2017: a new GAO report on FAA’s space office; JAXA and MEXT invite applications for ISEF-2 side event; and a new CSIS report on the 2nd space age and deterrence. Be sure to check our website for feature stories and follow us on Twitter (@SpcPlcyOnline) for more news and live tweeting of events.
Here are our tidbits for today, October 5, 2017: Gallaudet confirmed, successful spacewalk, ANOTHER hurricane, and a House budget resolution. Be sure to check our website for feature stories (like this one) and follow us on Twitter (@SpcPlcyOnline) for more news and live tweeting of events (like today’s meeting of the National Space Council).
The first meeting of the White House National Space Council today may not have changed the course of the country’s future in space, but participation by the Vice President and high ranking Cabinet and agency officials itself sends a signal that the Trump Administration is very interested in the space program. What will come of it remains to be seen, but today was an important first step.
In advance of today’s first meeting of the National Space Council, Vice President Mike Pence penned an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal — published online last night — laying out the broad strokes of the Trump Administration’s plan for the U.S. space program. Among the goals is an American return to the Moon and then on to Mars.
Here are our tidbits for today, October 4, 2017: recaps of an event celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Space Age and a congressional hearing on production of Pu-238 for NASA missions. Be sure to check our website for feature stories and follow us on Twitter (@SpcPlcyOnline) for more news and live tweeting of events.
Tomorrow’s first meeting of the National Space Council will feature three panels of experts from the civil, commercial and national security space sectors. The approximately two hour meeting begins at 10:00 am ET and will be webcast in its entirety.
Here are our tidbits for today, October 3, 2017: gravitational waves bring Nobel Prizes for three U.S. physicists; Pete Knight’s X-15 speed record unbroken 50 years later; send your name to Mars; and eat fresh lettuce in space. Be sure to check our website for feature stories and follow us on Twitter (@SpcPlcyOnline) for more news and live tweeting of events.
Senators Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) and Dan Sullivan (R-Arkansas) sent a letter to the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) yesterday asking that he establish an interagency working group to develop a “comprehensive policy on mitigating space debris.” The catalyst of their concern is applications to the FCC from companies that want to operate large constellations of satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO).
Thursday’s meeting of the White House National Space Council will be livestreamed according to the office of Vice President Mike Pence, who chairs the Council. The space policy community is eagerly awaiting this first meeting of the Council under President Trump. Most of the Council’s members are expected to attend.
Here are our tidbits for today, October 2, 2017: the search for life elsewhere just got more complicated; Canadian astronaut Julie Payette gets a new job; and should Elon Musk be worrying about ecoterrorism? Be sure to check our website for feature stories and follow us on Twitter (@SpcPlcyOnline) for more news and live-tweeting of events.