House NASA Authorization Bill Approved on Party Line Vote ● House Committee Approves Commercial Bills ● House Appropriators Propose Cut to Commercial Crew Funding ● A Senate Bill Includes ISS and “Learning Period” Extensions

Space Policy Update: Issue #18 April 27th, 2015 CATS Essential to Counter Growing Space Threat   At the 31st Space Symposium, Lt. Gen. Raymond, commander of Strategic Command’s Joint Functional Component Command for Space, expressed worry over some recent launches by Russia and China. U.S. officials claim the Chinese launched an anti-satellite missile, which could…

Space Policy Update: Issue #17 April 13th, 2015 Asteroid Redirect Redirected to Mars   NASA Advisory Council Finds NASA Should Go to Mars Instead of Asteroids. The NASA Advisory Council (NAC) “unanimously adopted a finding that” NASA should replace the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) with a mission to go to Mars instead. The finding is not a recommendation,…

Space Policy Update: Issue #16 March 30, 2015 Russia Extends ISS Stay to 2024   Russia recently announced they would be extending their support of the ISS from 2020 to 2024. They also announced interest to work with NASA on the space station after ISS. Over the past week there have been many articles that…

Space Policy Update: Issue #15                                                                                         March 17, 2015 Barbara Mikulski Announces…

Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) speaks at the press release for the announcement of the Alliance. Alliance for Space Development Forms The Alliance for Space Development was announced last week with the objective to advance the development and settlement of space by reducing costs and increasing benefits to enable self-sustaining growth. Notable organizations part of the…