Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said yesterday in New Hampshire that NASA has “lost its purpose” and needs an “aspirational purpose.” Although he did not reference it, his comments come …
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) issued a new “America’s Most Wasted: Runaway Spending” list today presenting what he considers prime examples of wasted taxpayer resources. A NASA project to help explain …
NASA formally established a Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) today. It will not only consolidate supervision of NASA’s various asteroid and comet Near Earth Object (NEO) detection and tracking programs, …
Editor’s Note: I received word today that two highly respected colleagues at Space News are leaving that publication. An email from Space News Publisher Bill Klanke last month announced that …
Here is our list of space policy related events for the week of January 3-8, 2016 and any insight we can offer about them. The 114th Congress 2nd session convenes …
Russia’s Roscosmos will become a state corporation rather than a government agency on January 1, completing a reorganization announced earlier this year. At the same time, funding constraints have led …
Here is our list of space policy events for the next TWO weeks as we transition from one year to the next: December 28, 2015 – January 8, 2016. The …
The Board of Directors of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) has issued a position paper concluding that a new U.S. law that grants property rights to resources mined …
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced today that it has ordered more RD-180 rocket engines to power its Atlas V rockets. The number of RD-180s ULA is allowed to procure …
The Japanese government formally agreed today to extend its participation in the International Space Station (ISS) program until 2024. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe indicated earlier this month that he …