Yeah, I'm going to stay very far away from HR Block tax prep software because this is just insane news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4745...

The Space Review: NavIC: India’s “jinxed” navigational program, or a cornerstone of India’s misplaced space priorities? www.thespacereview.com/article/5185/1

NASA Rolls Out New Moon Plan spacepolicyonline.com/news/nasa-ro...

A unique NASA satellite is falling out of orbit—this team is trying to rescue it arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...

Reubens with homemade corned beef

Ryugu asteroid sample contains all five key components of DNA and RNA: the building blocks of all living things | Space www.space.com/astronomy/as...

Quite the mea culpa from the Gray Lady on the feasibility of rockets for space travel, although many other aspects of space travel as imagined 100 years ago did turn out to be fantastical and impractical www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/s...

Italian Aerospace giant Leonardo is proposing a "Michelangelo Dome" for European missile defense, including 'Space Guardian" to serve as the space-based sensing component payloadspace.com/leonardos-mi...

Interesting summary of how computing for space missions is changing from the traditional approach (custom chips rad hard chips and software) to a newer strategy of redundant COTS chips + Linux www.windriver.com/blog/Linux-F...

Cheeseburgers and fries, Brian style (bacon and extra pickles)

FAA Rescinds Proposed Orbital Debris Rule Amid Industry Pressure and Regulatory Reassessment – SatNews satnews.com/2026/03/12/f...

New report from NASA OIG on the lunar landing systems contracts is well worth reading oig.nasa.gov/office-of-in...

Starlab Space fully books commercial payload space on planned space station spacenews.com/starlab-spac...

This really is the big question - is Apple making a big mistake or the smart move by sitting on the sidelines as its competitors dump $600B into AI infrastructure asymco.com/2026/03/10/t...

This is a really good analysis of the recent restructuing of the Artemis Program and how big of a change it was from the preexisting plan put in place by Congress 16 years ago bhavyalal.substack.com/p/class-3-co...

A good legal analysis of the sinking of the Dena from IHL experts: www.justsecurity.org/133397/sinki...

Good news for the moon: Famous asteroid 2024 YR4 won't smash into it in 2032 www.space.com/astronomy/as...

A good overview of the huge amount of stuff packed into the new NASA Authorization Bill that passed out of committee yesterday spacepolicyonline.com/news/senate-...

New paper from a couple of promising Princeton PhD students on the role of norms of behavior in cislunar orbital debris mitigation (I had a small role in advising on policy aspects) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A good summary of the steps NASA is taking to accelerate the return to the Moon and the remaining challenges to get there by 2028 www.thespacereview.com/article/5171/1

Isaacman’s “NASA Force” Envisions Term-Limited Industry Positions in NASA spacepolicyonline.com/news/isaacma...

Austria military's first satellite will hunt for GPS, Galileo interference - Breaking Defense breakingdefense.com/2026/03/aust...

Good piece on why the space community should care about the future of nuclear arms control agreements www.csis.org/analysis/new...

Hardware is no longer the problem holding back space-based data centers — the supply chain is spacenews.com/hardware-is-...

Space Force rethinks satellite ground station strategy spacenews.com/space-force-...

GPS Jamming Disrupts 1,100 Ships in the Middle East Gulf windward.ai/blog/gps-jam...

NASA Makes a “Course Correction” for the Artemis Program spacepolicyonline.com/news/nasa-ma...

The Space Review: “We failed them”: NASA grapples with Starliner

A useful look back at history as NASA is once again contemplating space nuclear power and propulsion, albeit this time for cislunar applications

Headline aside, this is a good rundown of the planning being done for the eventual demise of the ISS

The space supply chain is getting stretched. Here's how it could impact the Pentagon's plans. - Breaking Defense breakingdefense.com/2026/02/the-...

Space Force seeks market answers on in-orbit refueling

Simulations and supercomputing calculate one million orbits in cislunar space www.llnl.gov/article/5398...

The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about www.theverge.com/tech/880812/...

How Space Force Is Managing Growth at Its Busiest Launch Range www.airandspaceforces.com/space-force-...

Cola braised short ribs with parmesan risotto

US decides SpaceX is like an airline, exempting it from Labor Relations Act arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

ICYMI, here's a good summary and a recording of our discussion in Brussels on the future of space security, the emerging role of the private sector, and multilateral discussions vcdnp.org/industry-spa...

A really cool piece on how we're extending traditional internet protocols and architectures beyond Earth and across the Solar System www.thespacereview.com/article/5154/1

Good piece on why Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg still host nearly all US orbital launches and the infrastructure bottlenecks they face going forward www.thespacereview.com/article/5156/1

Russian drones use Starlink, but Ukraine has plan to block their Internet access

On Feb 27 (Japan time) I will be joining an outstanding list of speakers at the annual Japan Cabinet Office Space Secretariat International Symposium in Tokyo to talk about norms of behavior. More info and registration (in-person and virtual) here:

First Virgin Galactic and now Blue Origin. Been quite the rocky road for suborbital tourism since the 2004 Ansari X-Prize arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...

So I guess there is a plan for a megaconstellation after all

FAA advances approval for up to 44 Starship launches from 39A

Really important piece warning about self-inflicted policies that could worsen U.S. cyber security

The Primes Aren’t the Real Bottleneck in U.S. Weapons Production

A good piece on how challenging it is to design spacesuits for the Moon arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...

How defense contractors invest their money, in 4 charts - Breaking Defense breakingdefense.com/2026/01/defe...

Good overview of the European space launch renaissance, which ties into the international competition part of US space transportation policy www.thespacereview.com/article/5141/1