Main Engine Cut Off T+263: Space Policy Roundup (with Marcia Smith)
Oct 31, 2023
33:14
Marcia Smith of SpacePolicyOnline.com joins me for a roundup of space policy topics—the House Speaker mayhem, the outlook for budgets over the next year, what to do about the ISS and its related expenses, and a lot more.
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Topics
- SpacePolicyOnline.com – Your first stop for news, information and analysis about civil, military and commercial space programs
- Shutdown Averted, Government Funded Until November 17 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Speaker Mike Johnson: “The People’s House is Back in Business” – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- NASA Safety Panel Issues Clarion Call for ISS Deorbit Tug – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- NASA Upbeat About Future of Mars Sample Return Despite IRB-2 Report – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- SpaceX Warns Government Regulations Slowing Starship, Could Let China Get Ahead – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- NASA IG Skeptical of Major SLS Cost Savings From Services Contract – SpacePolicyOnline.com
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