This week, Jack and Newton talk infrastructure, Outer Space Treaty, and why everyone dislikes Ted Cruz. They also touch on fires in space, India's space program, and shooting down ICBMs.
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Latest from Washington
Infrastructure Week: President Trump Announces Air Traffic Control Reform Initiative
Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM)
Cruz out of step with industry, lawyers
A hearing on the American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act of 2017 will follow the budget hearing in the House SS&T subcommittee. Text of the draft bill can be found here
Space News Highlight of the Week
NASA’s Newest Astronaut Candidates
International News
COPUOS met in Vienna last week (if this is for our guest, this should probably be a highlight)
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched their biggest rocket yet
China replaced its space agency administrator...quietly
Latest in Tech
NASA is going to set a fire in space
US shows they can shoot down ICBMs
Coming Soon to Space
NASA Hosts Briefing on Latest Results of Exoplanet-Hunting Mission
We’ll be at AwesomeCon (for the Planetary Society)!
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