Space News for Saturday, January 06, 2024

In this episode, we aggregate and summarize today's top space news stories. Enjoy!(00:10) Podcast Introduction(00:25) Vulcan on the pad for its first launch(00:50) Space Force on the verge of finalizing long-awaited commercial space strategy(01:17) Space security in the Americas can no longer go overlooked(01:45) China completes new commercial launch pad to boost access to space(02:12) GAO denies L3Harris protest over Ball Aerospace weather satellite instrument contract(02:44) Month: (03:05) NASA discusses Moon-bound science as ULA’s Vulcan rocket gets go ahead for Jan. 8 launch(03:29) Kratos + Rancher Government Solutions announce strategic partnership using the OpenSpace® software platform – SatNews(04:10) Launch Roundup: Vulcan attempts maiden flight, SpaceX continues launching Starlink