Oct 15-2020 Space News Brief (SNB)

Twitter- @spacenewsbrief Instagram - @bluehelmco (https://www.bluehelmco.com) Sponsor- (https://hopeschest.com) Headlines- 1) ESA awards contracts for moon and Mars exploration a.(https://spacenews.com/esa-awards-contracts-for-moon-and-mars-exploration/) 2) Orbital Sidekick wins $16 million U.S. Air Force contract a. (https://spacenews.com/orbital-sidekick-air-force-contract/) 3) Houston firms get NASA funding for moon-hopping robot, mini laboratory a.(https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/space/article/Houston-firms-get-NASA-funding-for-moon-hopping-15650010.php) Law and policy- 1) FAA Revamps Space Launch Rules as SpaceX, Blue Origin Expand a.((https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-15/faa-revamps-space-launch-rules-as-spacex-blue-origin-expand)) ** WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SPACE POLICY Oct 11th—Oct 17th, 2020 a. (https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/whats-happening-in-space-policy-october-11-17-2020/) Events- 1)September 2020 Space Calendar of Events a.(http://spaceref.com/calendar/) 2) Launch Calendar a. (https://www.space.com/32286-space-calendar.html 3) You can watch the International Mars Society's 2020 convention online this week for free a.(https://www.space.com/mars-society-convention-2020-online-webcasts) b.(https://www.marssociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Mars-Society-2020-Convention-Schedule.pdf) Fun 1- Air-breathing rocket engines: the future of space flight a.(https://physicsworld.com/a/air-breathing-rocket-engines-the-future-of-space-flight/)