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Here is the list of SpacePolicyOnline.com's space policy events for the week of June 24-30, 2018 and any insights we can offer about them. The House and the Senate are in session this week.
During the week
Other actions are expected on the AF2019 defense finance bills this week. The House plans to adopt its version before adjourning on Thursday afternoon for the July 4th break. The action begins tomorrow with the consideration of the Rules Committee. On the other side of the hill, the Senate Appropriations Committee will annotate its bill on Tuesday at the subcommittee and Thursday in the Committee of the Whole. Investors on both sides of the hill and on both sides of the aisle are eager to restore "normal order" and get their bills passed this year by avoiding polarizing the political provisions that often make derail these bills. We will see if they can convince their colleagues to achieve it.
The House of Commons Science, Space and Technology Committee (SS & T) is due to annotate the US SAFE Space Management Act on Wednesday. A draft is posted on the committee's website. About half of the bill deals with NASA's role in science and technology behind the knowledge of space (SSA) and the Department of Commerce is the SSA interface with the US states and with commercial and international entities. It will be interesting to see if another committee of the House requests a joint reference on the bill. SS & T House oversees some aspects of the Department of Commerce (for example, commercial space activities in general, NOAA satellite programs, the National Weather Service and NIST), but House Energy & Commerce (E & C) is competent. Theoretically, he may want some of the action.
NASA's director, Jim Bridenstine, was a leader on this topic when he was a member of Congress and continues to be very engaged in his new job. Politico will hold a "conversation" with him during part of his Politico Live series Wednesday night at the Willard Hotel in Washington. It will "explore NASA's priorities for manned spaceflight, the role of an accelerated space space economy and the American role in space governance." Would not be surprised if SSA and the management of space traffic came. The event, sponsored by Maxar Technologies, will be webcast.
On Tuesday, the Subcommittee on Aviation of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a hearing to obtain the views of stakeholders on the reform of commercial transportation regulations. space. The Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) has been instructed by the President to review and revise its regulations by next February. AST is part of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which is part of the Department of Transportation, House SS & T has jurisdiction over commercial space activities at DOT, but House T & I has jurisdiction over DOT and FAA as a whole. This is another example where more than one committee can state that it has a role to play in these deliberations. The T & I audience witnesses are from the Airline Pilots Association (ALPA), Blue Origin, SpaceX and United Launch Alliance.
A "non-conference" on Mars – yes, you read that right – will take place at the Kluge Center of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC on Thursday and Friday. It is entitled "Decolonize Mars: a non-conference on inclusion and equity in space exploration". According to the website of the event, the program of a "non-conference" is collectively defined by the participants during the meeting itself. Participation is by appointment / invitation only, and the deadline has passed, so if you are not already on the list, it is useless. It does not seem like it will be on the web. The website indicates that a related public meeting will be held on September 27th on the theme "Becoming Interplanetary: What Life Can Tell Us About Life on Mars".
Many other events going on this week, including the New Space 2018 conference of the Space Frontier Foundation in Seattle; The scientific forum on NASA's exploration at NASA-Ames; a number of events over several days associated with Asteroid Day, which is Saturday; and the next launch of the SpaceX cargo to the International Space Station. Rocket Lab is also trying to get its third pad launch – which is in New Zealand. Called "It's Business Time", the launch has been delayed a number of times. At present, it is supposed to take off tomorrow (Monday), eastern daylight time, ie Tuesday noon in New Zealand. We did not include it on our calendar because the date changes so often, but follow us (@SpcPlcyOnline) or Rocket Lab itself (@RocketLab) on Twitter to keep track of it.
These and other events we know on Sunday morning are presented below. Come back for the rest of the week for others we know about later and add to our schedule.
Monday to Friday, June 25 to 29
Tuesday, June 26
Tuesday to Thursday, June 26 to 28
Wednesday, June 27
Wednesday to Thursday, June 27 to 28
Thursday, June 28
Thursday to Friday 28 June
Friday, June 29
Friday-Sunday, June 29-July 1
Saturday, June 30
Last updated: June 24, 2018 4:04 pm ET
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