The ORBITS act unanimously passes in the US Senate and moves on to the House. US Congress has introduced a bipartisan amendment to title 51, US States code, to update government oversight of commercial space activities and other purposes. Sidus Space has been awarded an Indefinite-Delivery/ Indefinite-Quantity or IDIQ, contract to provide services to a US owned company in support of their commercial lunar program, and more.

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T-Minus Guest

Our guest today is SaxaVord Spaceport CEO Frank Strang. 

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Selected Reading

Cantwell, Hickenlooper Bill to Clean Up Space Junk Passes Senate Unanimously 

US HB6131 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress | LegiScan

Consolidating the commercial space mission authorization regime- Deep Space Episode 22

Space Force Terminates ICBM During Test Launch Due To Anomaly

Sidus Space Awarded a 5-Year $10 Million Ceiling (IDIQ) Commercial Contract to Support Commercial Lunar Transportation

UNIIQ investeert € 350.000,- in de ruimtevaartstartup Spherical Systems - InnovationQuarter

SpaceX, NASA delay CRS-29 cargo launch again, to Nov. 9 | Space

Starlink achieves cash-flow breakeven, says SpaceX CEO Musk- Reuters

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft swoops past first of 10 asteroids on long journey to Jupiter- AP

China, U.S. and EU sign milestone declaration to teamwork in AI safety - CGTN

Astronaut Ken Mattingly, who flew to the moon on Apollo 16, has died at 87

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