The News from Space: Week of 01/25/21

 
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Jim Bridenstine’s Departing Moonshot - Oil Rigs - ‘Another One Leaves the Crust’

THE WEEK OF 1/17/21 - 1/23/21

POLITICO recap for this week: HERE

Space Policy Events: HERE

Rocket Report for this week 🚀: HERE

NASA & THE U.S. GOVERNMENT:

  • What does a Biden administration mean for U.S. military space policy? Tune in for an expert conversation on the topic on January 27 HERE.

  • Space politics in the wake of the Capitol riot: More HERE. 

  • Jim Bridenstine hopes for the future of the Artemis program: More HERE.

  • Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cites space as a growing frontier of war: More HERE.

COMMERCIAL SPACE:

  • SpaceX launches 17th Starlink mission from Kennedy Space Center: Watch HERE.

  • SpaceX will use oil rigs as floating launchpads! Read HERE or watch HERE. 

  • SpaceX launches Transporter-1 flight: Watch HERE. 

  • Virgin’s rocket makes it to orbit for the first time: Watch HERE. 

  • Redwire acquires Oakman Aerospace: More HERE. 

  • Boeing completes software qualification for Starliner: More HERE. 

  • Space Industry calls on Biden to keep the National Space Council: More HERE.

INTERNATIONAL SPACE:

  • China’s private space industry is set to challenge the U.S.’s: Read HERE. 

  • A history and future of the U.S. - China space race: Watch HERE.

  • Rocket Lab launches satellite for German OHB group: More HERE. 

  • CNES and the ArianeGroup sign an agreement for the testing of ESA’s Prometheus engine: More HERE. 

  • ESA and EU mend relations with Galileo: More HERE.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

  • Symbiotic stars “snack” on each other in the Milky Way: More HERE. 

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS & MEDIA:

  • The Earth is not flat. See it real time from the ISS HERE.

  • How do economics work in space? Economics is the study of the allocation of limited resources . . . but what about space, where resources are endless? Listen to the podcast by NPR’s Planet Money HERE.

Ashley Bradway is a junior in the School of Foreign Service studying International Politics and Russian Area Studies. She is interested in the security challenges and opportunities for international collaboration posed by emerging and disruptive technologies in space and aerospace.

 
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