12 October 2016
NASA to move ahead with plans for private ISS modules
...Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy John Holdren and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in their ... essay largely reiterated current US space policy and called for greater cooperation between government agencies and private...
19 December 2016
JAXA signs an agreement for the development and creation of a lunar mining industry
...estimated to reach a value of 90 billion dollars in 2030. “Space resource development is attracting a great deal of attention around the world...implementation schedule for Japan’s Basic Plan on Space Policy. “With strong support from our government and...
20 January 2017
Winners and potential losers of the Obama and Trump administrations
... satellite revolution. At present, it is too early to tell what official stance the new administration will adopt as their space policy and how future funding will affect NASA. Perhaps some indication can be gleaned from the Restoring...
03 May 2021
NASA tells SpaceX to halt HLS development after protest by rivals
... been suspended until GAO resolves all outstanding litigation related to this procurement,” a NASA spokesperson told Space Policy Online. According to Space Policy Online, the GAO has 100 days — until August 4, 2021 — to make a decision. Even if the...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... York. She has a keen interest in public engagement with space science, interdisciplinary collaboration and the future of the NewSpace economy. Luc H Riesbeck is a Space Policy and Research Analyst at Astroscale US, where they engage in collaboration...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
... applications”. By comparison, this proposed definition can be contrasted with the definition of ‘commercial’ space activities in the US National Space Policy, issued in 2010 under the Obama administration: “the term ‘commercial’, for the purposes...
