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Wednesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on policy and events shaping the future of exploration. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson unveils a new tax incentive proposal for commercial space companies. China prepares to launch the first piece of its space station next year. Meanwhile, operations aboard the International Space Station are returning to normal after spacewalking repairs to the cooling system.
1. From Space News: U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida, announced legislation on Tuesday that would provide tax incentives for companies that wish to development transportation systems for astronauts headed to low Earth orbit. One of five zones would include NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
http://www.spacenews.com/policy/100817-tax-incentives-proposed-commercial-space.html
A. From Florida Today: An Op-ed from U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida, on his proposed legislation that would create up to five enterprise zones around the United States to spur commercial space development. The strategy includes tax breaks and other incentives.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100817/COLUMNISTS0205/100816022/Bill-Nelson-Charting-NASA-s-future
B. From Spacepolitics.com: The web site questions whether the Nelson measure can win passage so late in the legislative process, unless it’s attached to another measure.
http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/08/17/tax-breaks-and-other-incentives/
2. From Space.com and China’s official Xinhua News Agency: The first module of China’s space station could be ready for launching next year.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/missionlaunches/china-first-space-station-construction-100817.html
3. From MSNBC.com and space.com: NASA is making headway in returning the International Space Station to normal operations after a series of spacewalks to recovery a vital cooling system. The final spacewalk was Monday. Inside the station and in Mission Control, the astronauts and controllers work to return electrical systems to their normal status and review science experiments that were suspended.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38746634/ns/38743461
4. From the Mainichi Daily News of Japan and Space News: Japan looks at changes to its HTV, the unmanned spacecraft that carries cargo to the International Space Station. The changes would make it possible for the spacecraft to bring cargo back to Earth rather than burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere when it completes a mission.
http://www.spacenews.com/commentaries/100816-jaxa-plans-cargo-spacecraft.html
5. From Space.com: NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, gets a first look at the solar wind smashing into the Earth’s magnetic field.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/scienceastronomy/solar-wind-crash-earth-magnetic-field-100817.html
6. From CNN.com: NASA’s Robonaut 2, a humanoid robot, will tweet from space. Robonaut 2 is scheduled to lift off for the International Space Station aboard the space shuttle in early November. A video:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2010/08/17/nr.robot.tweets.from.space.cnn?iref=allsearch
7. From the Orlando Sentinel: A former NASA contract worker enters a guilty plea in connection with the theft of NASA property, including a space suit bearing the name of Sally Ride, America’s first female astronaut.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-space-suit-stolen-20100817,0,468112.story
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