Report from Headquarters
Collaboration Improves Intelligence
Featured Strategic Space Symposium speaker Vice Adm. Robert B. Murrett, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, said that many levels of collaboration – interagency, commercial/government, and international – have improved his agency’s ability to support operational needs. He credited much of the advancement to arrangements with both commercial and international space providers that increase capacity…
Industry Panel Outlines Advice
Moderated by The Aerospace Corporation President and CEO Wanda Austin, Ph.D., the Strategic Space Symposium’s industry panel suggested ideas that they felt could improve their responsiveness to military operations needs. Lt. Gen. Brian Arnold, USAF (Retired), vice president, Space Strategy Space and Airborne Systems, Raytheon Company, cited speed as the most critical factor. David DiCarlo,…
See, Understand, and Act
Speaking at the Nov. 4 Strategic Space Symposium luncheon sponsored by Raytheon, both Lt. Gen. Larry D. James, USAF, commander, JFCC – Space, and Lt. Gen. Kevin T. Campbell, USA, commander, JFCC – Integrated Missile Defense, emphasized that the end objective for their commands is to ensure that warfighters on the ground have the information…
Panel Gives Enlisted Viewpoint
The Strategic Space Symposium’s Enlisted/Officer Space Operator Perspective panel, moderated by Brig. Gen. Michael J. Carey, USAF, deputy director, Global Operations, Global Operations Directorate, United States Strategic Command (pictured), provided insight into what space professionals can do to help on-the-ground warfighters. Panelists comprised: Col. John “J.R.” Riordan, USAF, director of Space Operations Col. William J.…
Partnership Leads to The Final Frontier
The Space Foundation sponsored an evening of space-themed music Oct. 17, highlighting the talents of southern Colorado’s premier professional symphony orchestra. The Colorado Springs Philharmonic, under the direction of Thomas Wilson, performed music from popular space motion pictures, ranging from “Armageddon” to “Alien” to “Predator.” The Final Frontier concert grew out of a partnership forged during…
Pulham Summarizes U.S. Space Program for Students
Students at Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs, Colo., got an overview of future space travel and an update on the international space community from Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham, in a presentation that was part of a series of All Pikes Peak Reads space events this fall. The students traveled vicariously…
Astronaut Jim Reilly Visits Swigert Academy
What does it feel like to travel in space? That’s what students at the Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., wanted to know when astronaut James F. Reilly, II, Ph.D., visited the school in October. Reilly, a Colorado Springs resident and former NASA astronaut, spoke about his three Space Shuttle missions and answered…
Space Foundation Inspires Kids at STEMapalooza
The Space Foundation headed north to Denver last month, taking some favorite educational activities for children in kindergarten through 12th grade to STEMapalooza. The two-day event, free and open to the public, Oct. 16 and 17, at the Colorado Convention Center, featured more than 100 exhibitors from around the state of Colorado, supporting science, technology,…
Space Foundation VP Speaks at Career Day
Space Foundation Vice President for Government Affairs Brendan Curry was a featured speaker at the Piccowaxen Middle School Career Day in Charles County, Md., in October. He described his job to about 300 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students, and shared basic information about a wide variety of career fields in the space industry. He…
Jan. 16 is Education Award Deadline
The deadline is approaching to nominate an outstanding technology educator for the 2010 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award. The award, which recognizes outstanding contributions by K-12 educators and district-level personnel in the field of educational technology, is presented annually by The Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF) in partnership with the Space Foundation and NASA. The…