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Stories from Payload’s weekly space policy newsletter, Polaris.
Space Norms, STEM, Alliances Top National Space Council 2023 To-Do List
Setting norms of behavior in space and building a future space workforce are at the top of the National Space Council’s list of priorities for the remainder of this year, the group’s executive secretary, Chirag Parikh, told Payload. His other to-dos as he nears the end of his second year with the panel include buoying…
Rep. Frank Lucas on NASA Authorization Push: ‘The Sooner, the Better’
The last time Congress passed a standalone NASA authorization bill, in 2017, astronauts were flying to the ISS exclusively aboard Russian rockets, Perseverance was still a work in progress inside a JPL clean room, and Artemis was just a name from Greek mythology. It’s clear a lot has changed since then, and Rep. Frank Lucas…
