Category Archives: Politics

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 5-8 June 2020

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First Black American On the Moon Could Be Artemis Program Next Significant Announcement

While USA Continues Celebration Of National Return To Human Spaceflight — NASA Artemis Program, Administrator Jim Bridenstine And USA Government Officials Should Consider The Apollo 11 Pledge For Posterity ‘In Peace For All’ And Select Candidates For First Black American On The Moon, Perhaps Along With First Woman On The Moon 2024; Human Moon Landings Can Serve As Transformative Focal Point Of 21st Century Call For Equality Rising

 

Credits: NASA, Houston Public Media

Tuesday / 1 October 2019

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Artemis Support Campaign For USA Multi-Partisan Funding And International Cooperation Globally

USA 2024 Artemis Program To Land First Women And Return To Moon In Less Than 4.5 Years Now Needs US$1.6B Start To Agreed $20-40B Required; To Achieve Artemis Funding For FY2020 & Beyond – And Realize This 21st Century Vision – Artemis Needs Approval From Full Legislature (Senate And House), Direction From Lunar Exploration Analysis Group And National Space Society, Networking From World Space Week And Moon Village Association, And Engagement Of International / Global Space Agencies, NGOs, Independent Enterprises

Credits: NASA, Lockheed Martin

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 10-13 May 2019

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NASA Working On Increased Investment In Moon And Beyond

Following Jeff Bezos Announcement Of Blue Moon Lander, USA Administration Working On Plan And Budget For Human Lunar Return; NASA Facing Planetary Defense Challenge Of Asteroid Apophis Approaching Earth In 2029; Human Mars Landing Proposed For 2030s In Addition To Lunar Missions; Doubling NASA Investment To 1% Of Federal Budget Is Unimplemented Proposal From First Bush Administration; Increasing NASA Budget Would Fund Renaissance Of Moon, Mars And Asteroid Missions

Credits: NASA, Blue Origin

Wednesday / 13 Mar 2019

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Administrator Of NASA Jim Bridenstine Declares: Commercial Delivery Missions To The Moon [To Begin] As Early As This Year

 The First CLPS Mission Could Occur As Soon As October 2019; NASA May Begin Preparing The Surface Of The Moon For Human Landing As Early As 2020; Proposals For Human-Rated Landers Due 25 March; Would Be Supported By ‘Funding’; Bridenstine Characterizes FY2020 NASA Budget Proposal Of US$21B As One Of The Strongest On Record – $363M To Support Commercial Development Of A Large Lunar Lander To Carry Cargo And Then Astronauts To The Surface Of The Moon

Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 16-19 Nov 2018

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International Human Moon Return And Gateway Concerns

At Canadian Aerospace Summit 13-14 November In Ottawa, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine (L) Seeks Partners For Lunar Orbital Platform; Canada Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains (Center) Delays Joining LOP, Causing Concern Among Space Industry Leaders; ESA, JAXA And Roscosmos Still Partners On LOP; Roscosmos Head Dmitry Rogozin (R) States That Mutually Respectful Cooperation Is Needed To Send Humans Back To The Moon, Plans Lunar Surface Base Maintained By Robots; Former NASA Administrator Michael Griffin Still Favoring Direct Return To Lunar Surface; China And India Independently Sending Landers To Moon

Credits: NASA, AIAC

Tuesday / 13 Nov 2018

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Paris Peace Is Forum For Moon Village

Observing End Of First World War, Paris Peace Forum 11-13 November Attended By 60 Heads Of State Plus ESA Astronauts Claudie Haigneré (L) And Frank De Winne; Haigneré, Experienced With Missions To Mir And ISS, States That Lunar Return Is Question Of Who And When; ESA Moon Village Shares Global Vision, Peaceful Values And Objectives Of Peace Forum; Haigneré Concludes That Moon Is Not Temporary Adventure Or Nomadic Exploration But A True Sustainable Endeavour; ESA Director-General Jan Wörner (R) Also Promotes Moon Village At Paris Peace Forum

Credits: ESA

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 20-23 Apr 2018

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Lunar Community Optimistic That Bridenstine Could Further Plans To Return To Moon

In 50-49 Vote, US Senate Confirms Jim Bridenstine As 13th NASA Administrator; Bridenstine States Readiness To Work With Outstanding Team At NASA Toward Administration’s Vision To Return To Moon, Reach Deep Space, Beyond; Has Shown Support For Cislunar Presence, Permanent Moonbase, Utilizing Lunar Resources, Regulating Commercial Spaceflight; Has Potential To Advance NASA Lunar Exploration Campaign, Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway, National / International / Commercial Collaborations

Credits: NASA, CNN, Jim Bridenstine

Friday / 6 Apr 2018

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Preserving Apollo Moon Landing Sites For Research Recommended By White House

White House Office Of Science & Technology Publishes Report “Protecting & Preserving Apollo Program Lunar Landing Sites & Artifacts”; Recommends Studying Long-Term Effects Of Lunar Environment Including Extreme Temperatures, Lunar Dust, Micro-Meteoroids, Solar Radiation On Over 187,000-kg Human-Made Materials Left Behind By 6 Apollo Missions; Opportunity For International, Commercial Cooperation With Future Moon Missions To Survey On A “Reciprocal, Transparent, Mutually Beneficial Basis”

Credits: NASA, White House, Lunar and Planetary Society

Friday / 30 Mar 2018

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Updates To Outer Space Treaty Could Define Space Regulations

During COPUOS 57th Legal Subcommittee Session 9-20 April At Vienna International Center, Countries To Discuss General Principle Consensus On Space Resource Policy Which May Be Necessary To Enable Moon And Mars Settlements, Potentially Prevent Conflict Of Interest In Space; Vidvuds Beldavs Proposes International Regime Could Govern Moon Resource Extraction Focused On Safety, Sustainability, Equitable Sharing By All Countries; Common Heritage Of Mankind Concept Inclusion To Prevent Exploitation, Encourage Preservation For Future Generations 

Credits: NASA, Space, UN, Vidvuds Beldavs

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Fri-Tue / 4-8 November 2016

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Reclaiming The Moon: America’s Preeminence In Space Starts With The Moon

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Days Before USA 2016 Presidential Election, Congressman Jim Bridenstine (Rep-OK, Center) Discuses American Space Renaissance Act At LEAG Meeting For National Security, Economic Growth & Leadership, Stating “NASA Should Utilize Somewhere We Have Already Pioneered – The Moon”; Moon Could Provide Resources (Water, Solar Power, Regolith, Helium-3), Testing Ground For Human Solar System Complete Exploration & Settlement; Putting The First Woman On The Moon, Venturing For Science & Observation To Unexplored Moon South Pole, Solidifying Humans As Multi World Species Would Boost Any & Every Nation; Clear Vision Outlined By Incoming 2017 USA Administration From LEO To Moon And Beyond Could Set Up Strategic Path To Human Exploration Of Outer Solar System By End Of Century

Credits: NASA, US.gov, ESA, Foster + Partners