– Former NASA boss Charles Bolden Crystal Ball Biden Space Agency, Former Vice President requested to appoint first woman administrator.
– A new book unpacks a trillion-dollar new space economy And also take a look at the emerging global space competition.
– Airspace Cyber Conference next week will focus more on space.
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‘Open for Business’: Trying to get your head around what the “new space” really contains?
Robert Jacobson, who grew up in the shadow of the space shuttle program on Florida’s Space Ost before becoming an aerospace analyst and investor, is out next week known as the same primary for investors and policymakers on the increasingly complex set of international players. In government and industry and progress technologies.
“The trillions have been thrown away like peanuts these days,” he said. Jacobson, “Space is Open to Business: The Industry That Can Transform Humanity,” which he will publish on September 15, tells us.
But he is confident that it will be completed in the next decade. “The space industry is definitely worth 400 400 billion now and there are good reasons why it could be bigger,” he says.
Jacobs interviewed more than 100 industry leaders and investors and described the book as a “guide.” The collapse of the economic sectors of that space, its emerging opportunities and the rapidly evolving space economy could benefit the people of the earth.
Former Deputy NASA Administrator Lori Garver calls it a “must read book” for anyone interested in space business and commerce. This book will open your eyes, heart and mind to the possibilities and possible solutions arising from space. ”
It also takes on global competition To seize high ground. Want to understand how Chinese culture views space? Watch the blockbuster 2019 Chinese movie Wandering earth, Which calls Jacobs a “mush shop” Armageddon And 2001: A Space Odyssey”
Next NASA boss: If Byden should choose a woman as head of the space agency, if she wins the White House, former NASA administrator and astronaut Charles Bolden told us when we asked if he was interested in the job again. He said, “I would be wrong if I said I didn’t think about it … but I think it’s important to have a woman.” “There are well-qualified women who are scattered throughout history in terms of joining NASA or other organizations.” One woman has never held a top job in a space agency.
Bolden said he had no formal official role in the Biden campaign, But he backed the former vice president, who served as head of the space agency from 2009 to 2017. Bolden also took part in a press call in late May, which was further revealed by the Obama administration’s campaign about space achievements. historic historic commercial crew launch.
What will Biden’s space policy look like? “I would expect NASA to see no dramatic change in the way things are going,” Bolden said, adding that space targets need stable funding and vision. Biden, however, is likely to focus a little more on Earth science, and Bolden expects that studying its weather from the planet and space will play a big part in Biden’s Green New Deal plan to combat climate change.
‘SLS will go’: Boeing’s space launch system rocket could run into trouble, regardless of who is in office fees in 2021, he predicts. “S.L.S. Will go. It could be removed during the Biden administration or the next Trump administration… because at some point the business community will catch up, ”he said. “They’re really going to build a heavy lift launcher like the SLS so that they can fly at a much cheaper price than what NASA can do with the SLS. It works this way. ”
Next week’s celebration: Airspace Cyber Conference: The Aero Force Association’s annual conference, which is becoming virtual due to the coronavirus, has a more space-focused agenda than in previous years, including panels on space force structure and operations.
On monday Officials from the United Launch Alliance, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin will take part in a panel discussion on how to meet the needs of the private sector space force.
Tuesday’s session will open with 90 minutes Space keynotes from General John Raymond, General of Space Operations and Chief Master Sergeant. Roger Touberman, Senior Admissions Advisor to the Space Force. U.S. Lt. Gen. David Thompson, vice commander of the space force, also participates in a “fireside chat” with Tory Bruno, CEO of the United Launch Alliance.
The conference is awaiting the President’s directive on cyber security In the space system released last week, it directed the government to work with commercial providers to determine best practices for protecting space assets from cyberetech.
ICYMI: A bipartisan group of four senators formed the Space Force Caucus this week. Sen. Corey Gardner (R-Col.) Will chair the Caucus and Sense. Kevin Kramer (RND), Kirsten Cinema (D-Ariz.) And Martin Heinrich (DNM) will be co-chairs.
NASA Moon Returns: The Congressional Research Service released a primer on the space agency’s Artemis mission, including a timeline of the return to the lunar surface and a breakdown of what platforms would be used for the mission, including the Orion capsule, the space launch system rocket and the gateway. A space station that will orbit the moon.
What does 2024 mean: Part of the report examines pressure from the Trump administration to move to a lunar landing by 2024. Congress will need to focus on geopolitical advantages, how funding for other NASA programs will be accelerated, and how pressure will be met. Ambitious schedules can affect security.
Fire from space: The magnitude of the devastation caused by wildfires in Reg Regan is difficult to understand, but the Mercury images collected from low-Earth orbit clearly show the landscape before and after the fire.
In a photo released Wednesday, Phoenix, Ore. In the infrared image, the soil and property that has been burned is shown in gray while the healthy soil is shown in red.
Thomas ZeliborThe Defense Innovation Board Space Advisory Council has been appointed CEO of the Space Foundation.
Catherine Keuner, Who previously headed NASA’s Office of Human Health and Performance Director at the Johnson Space Center, is the new Orion program manager.
Questions of the week: Congratulations to Dan Scan, Project Development Lead of the Department of Transportation, for being the first to respond correctly to the fact that the Marshall Spaceflight Army in Alabama is named after Army General George Callett Marshall.
Question this week Alan Cutler, an employee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, suggested: Which administrator of NASA did John H. in Lewis Field in 1999? Renamed the Lewis Research Center in Ohio as the Glenn Research Center?
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– More than two dozen Florida troops transition into space force: Florida Today
– NASA maps update for aliens to explore Earth: National Geographic
– NASA wants to buy lunar rocks from private companies: The Verge
– The moon is rusty: Bloomberg
– Northrop Grumman to shut down Omega rocket after losing national security launch deal: Space News
– SpaceX satellites still bright for astronomers: Scientific American
– Amazon appoints former White House space officer as first head of its space policy: CNBC
– China may have landed the spacecraft, according to a commercial satellite image: NPR
– When will the average person get to go into space? MIT Technology Review
– Documentary Space Dogs The story of the first dog in orbit tells: the New York Times
Today: The Summit for Space Sustainability of the Secure World Foundation concludes.
Monday: The FAA’s Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee will meet virtually.
Monday: The Air Force Association’s Virtual Air Space Cyber Conference begins.
On tuesday: The Virtual Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference begins.
On tuesday: The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has a webinar on the mission of dynamics to reach the moon and the importance of lunar exploration.
Wednesday: The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosts a virtual event on legacy in the space of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower with NASA administrator Jim Bridenstein.
Wednesday: The European Space Agency has its first virtual industry space days.
Wednesday: The Senate Commerce Committee has convened an executive session to consider a number of bills, including the 2019 Government Spectrum Valuation Act.
Friday: MITER hosts virtual panels on great power competition in space.
