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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