Spotlight
ESA Member States Increase Funding
Despite growing economic woes in Europe, 14 of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) soon-to-be 19 member nations will increase their contributions for 2011. Last month, Romania took the first step to becoming the 19th ESA Member State by signing an Accession Agreement to the ESA Convention. Later this year, the Government of Romania will conclude…
Hall of Fame Inductee Featured at Museum
A technology developed by NASA to regulate extreme temperatures that is now used to keep seasonal candy cool in the steamy south Georgia summer and fall in is part of a recently opened exhibit at the Thronateeska Heritage Center in Albany Georgia. The Heat Pipe Technology display in the newly completed Air & Space Exhibit…
Gen. James Cartwright is Featured Speaker
Gen. James Cartwright, USMC, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the nation’s second-highest-ranking military officer, will speak at the 27th National Space Symposium. He joins a slate of high-level industry, military, civil space and academic speakers at the premier gathering of space professionals, which will be held April 11-14 at The…
Katase Will Represent Japanese Space Program
The Japanese space program will be represented at the 27th National Space Symposium by featured speaker Hirofumi Katase, deputy secretary-general for the Cabinet Secretariat, Secretariat Headquarters for Space Policy, Government of Japan. The 27th National Space Symposium will be held April 11-14 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. Online registration and more information, including agenda, speakers…
Co-Sponsors Provide Support, Receive Exposure
The Space Foundation appreciates the companies that provide support by co-sponsoring major events at the National Space Symposium. “These companies have recognized that co-sponsoring Symposium events is an easy and cost-effective ways to strengthen their name recognition, increase brand awareness and gain enhanced visibility among the expected 9,000-plus participants at the 27th National Space Symposium,”…
Government Buys Commercial is Symposium Panel
Of special interest to the commercial aerospace industry will be a panel discussion on the last day of the 27th National Space Symposium – “The Government Buys Commercial.” Moderated by Paul L. Graziani, chief executive officer and founder of Analytical Graphics Inc., (AGI), panel members include: Charles S. Baker, acting director, Office of Space Commercialization,…
Resources from the Internet
The wonders of space can be explored in depth in cyberspace. Below are Internet resources of particular interest to educators: Last April, 80 professional observatories representing more than 100 countries held a planet-wide celebration of astronomy during which more than a million people had their first close-up views space through telescopes. Click here to learn – and see –…
Guest Commentary by Attorney Frank Thomas
Reprinted with permission from the Nov. 7, 2010, issue of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. I was 10 when Sputnik appeared. The Russian orb, scantly a pebble, was the first human object to skim the final frontier on Oct. 4, 1957. My friends and I, like kids across the country, responded by running outside. Eyes and necks…
Craig Barrett to Speak at Symposium
Education advocate and retired Intel Chief Executive Officer/Chairman Craig R. Barrett, Ph.D., will speak about the crisis in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and potential solutions at the 27th National Space Symposium Corporate Partnership Dinner, April 12, 2011, at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. The event, which recognizes the companies and…
ISU Symposium Slated for February
The International Space University (ISU) is hosting a symposium February 15 – 17, 2011, with the theme, The International Space Station: Maximizing the Return from Extended Operations. The symposium will address the opportunities offered by extending operation of the International Space Station (ISS) to at least 2020. Closing keynote comments will address possible future directions…