In Today’s Deep Space Extra… U.S. presidential contenders Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton offer new comments on the future of U.S. space activities. NASA’s Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft emerges from safe mode.

Human Deep Space Exploration

Trump: “I will free NASA” from being just a LEO space logistics agency

Spacepolicyonline.com (10/25): U.S. presidential contender Donald Trump spoke Tuesday in Florida. Late in his remarks Trump turned to space, saying he planned for the U.S. and Florida to lead America to the stars.

Op-ed | Hillary will expand our space potential

Space News (10/25): U.S. presidential contender Hillary Clinton pledges to advance American ideals with a program that balances space science, technology and exploration; protects our security through Earth systems monitoring; and maximizes the impact of our space program by promoting stronger coordination across federal agencies, cooperation with industry and collaboration with the international community, according to the Space News report.

The Mars generation: Why we must go to Mars

Huffington Post (10/25): “Human space exploration has an incredible capacity to excite and inspire even the most curmudgeonly person,” writes college freshman Abigail Harrison, an aspiring scientist and NASA astronaut, in an op-ed. The future of humanity on Earth depends on the exploration of Mars, says Harrison. She’s the founder of AstronautAbby.com and the Mars Generation.

Space Science

Phew: Juno seems to be doing fine 594 million miles from home

Inverse (10/26): NASA’s Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft has emerged from safe mode and seems to be functioning well, NASA announced on Tuesday. The spacecraft’s safe mode retreat occurred on Oct. 18. The correction sets up another close pass over the cloud tops of Jupiter in December.

Computing glitch may have doomed Mars lander

Nature News (10/25): A software glitch appears to be a potential culprit in the Oct. 19 crash landing of the European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli lander on the surface of Mars. The defect may have caused the lander’s descent thrusters to cut off prematurely.

Why Schiaparelli probe’s Mars “crash land” is no failure

Newsweek (10/24): The apparent Oct. 19 crash of the European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli lander as it attempted to descend to the surface of Mars may enlighten efforts to return to the red planet with a rover equipped to seek evidence of biological activity. The follow-on ExoMars rover, a joint effort with the Russian space agency, is planned for 2020.

What’s up in space?

Spaceweather.com: An intense solar wind sparks a strong auroral response at the Earth’s north and south poles. In the U.S., the near-term display should continue to dip into the northern U.S. Midwest.

Cassini spacecraft’s final year at Saturn is like a ‘brand-new mission’

Space.com (10/25): After more than a decade at Saturn and its moons, the NASA/European Space Agency Cassini mission is ready for its final year of observations.

Low Earth Orbit

U.S., China silent on space talks, except to say there will be more

Voice of America (10/25): Representatives from the U.S. State Department and China met quietly in Washington last week to discuss responsible behavior in future space activities and more transparency. The U.S. delegation includes representatives from NASA, NOAA, the FAA and the U.S. Geological Survey. Though legislatively NASA is banned from cooperating with China on human space exploration, the two nations will talk again. The U.S. military, however, has expressed concerns that China could threaten U.S. space assets.

Op-ed | Donald Trump’s “peace through strength” space doctrine

Space News (10/24): In an op-ed, two space policy advisers to Donald Trump call for more investment in strategic military as well as civil space initiatives. Robert Walker and Peter Navarro raise concerns that current advances in satellite communications in both sectors have left the U.S. vulnerable to attack from potential adversaries Russia and China, a weakness that needs to be corrected.  “We must also reduce the cost of space access and create new generations of satellites to deal with emerging threats,” they write.

Commercial to Low Earth Orbit

SpaceX to launch from LC39A before year’s end?

Spaceflight Insider (10/25): Currently recovering from the Sept. 1 Falcon 9 rocket explosion on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., SpaceX believes it may be able to return to flight for two satellite missions before the end of 2016.

Gradatim Ferociter! Jeff Bezos explains Blue Origin’s motto, logo and the boots

Geek Wire (10/25): Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos explains the 16-year-old company’s many mottos and symbols as well as their ties to plans to industrialize space.

Roscosmos says Galileo, other European space programs could suffer from payment dispute

Space News (10/25): Roscosmos, Russia’s federal space agency, is demanding $330 million in overdue payments from Arianespace, the French launch service provider, over a dispute that dates back to 2014 and involves Russia’s Yukos oil company. Wider cooperative space efforts involving the European Union and European Space Agency could be jeopardized if the matter is not settled, according to the report.