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Find Out What’s New at Cyber 1.2
Unique to this year’s Cyber 1.2 conference is a Cyber Industry Dialog panel, with perspectives not previously presented at Space Foundation cyber conferences. Top industry leaders will detail issues, risks and capabilities regarding the cyber domain. Cyber 1.2 is a full day conference of industry dialogs, a dynamic roster of featured speakers and a panel on…
Space Technology Hall of Fame® to Induct Flexible Aerogel, German Fire Prevention Technologies
Two diverse technologies that have origins in space are being inducted into the Space Foundation’s Space Technology Hall of Fame® next month. Events honoring the 2012 honorees, which include the first international inductee, will be held on April 19 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. Low-density, light-weight flexible aerogel insulating material and a…
The Space Report 2012 on Sale Until May 1
The Space Report 2012: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity will be released in mid-April and, if you act quickly, you can get it for an incredible discount. Until May 1, the newest edition of the definitive overview of global space is on sale for 50 percent off. The special price, which is available…
Hearing Considers NOAA Budget Request to Fund Weather Satellites
In March, the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a hearing on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) FY 2013 Budget Request. NOAA requested $5.1 billion in FY 2013, a 3 percent increase from FY 2012. A significant portion of NOAA’s budget request will go toward funding the acquisition…
Notes on March Budget Hearings
The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a hearing on Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for National Security Space Activities. Members of the subcommittee congratulated the national security community for its recent string of successful launches. Members expressed concerns that defense budget cuts focused too heavily on space-related research…
NASA Budget Notes
At a recent Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee hearing on Priorities, Plans and Progress of the Nation’s Space Program, senators noted that while NASA’s budget was essentially flat from what it received in FY 2012, it was still better than most other government agencies had fared in the President’s FY 2013 budget request. NASA…
UNCOPUOS
This article is part of Space Watch: March 2012 (Volume: 11, Issue: 3).
More on LightSquared
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has written a letter to Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), regarding the impact of the proposed LightSquared deployment of terrestrial operations on global positioning system (GPS) services. The letter informed Chairman Genachowski that based on the NTIA’s independent evaluation of the testing and analysis…
Space Foundation Supports STEM in Colorado
The Space Foundation has a busy lineup of education programs during January, bringing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) activities to school districts around the state of Colorado. The outreach includes two approaches: Providing professional development for teachers by sharing hands-on STEM-related activities that are immediately transferrable to the classrooom Working directly with children through the…
Fun Stuff from the Internet
Visit these websites to travel through time and space, or just to Florida, without leaving your desk. Stand on the Moon with Harrison Schmitt and Gene Cernan here Watch the Dec. 10 lunar eclipse here Stand on top of NASA’s mobile launch tower here See the top 16 space pictures of 2011 here Find out about the new NASA…