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Apollo 11 Recollections #2
The Sadness Disappeared I was in 2nd grade in Longview, Texas. It was a tumultous time because my dad was a purchaser for Lone Star Steel and they were on strike. He crossed the picket line everyday and there were shootings and even a couple of deaths. My mom was pregnant (an oops!) with my…
Apollo 11 Recollections #3
A Moment in Time I will Never Forget My girl friend (my wife now of 38 years) and I were at our friends’ apartment sitting by the TV waiting for Neil to step out. It was amazing. When he put his foot on the moon and said, “that’s one small step for man, and one…
We Choose to Go to the Moon . . . not Because that will be Easy, but Because it will be Hard.
Following is President John F. Kennedy’s historic speech about his plan to put a man on the Moon within 10 years. It was delivered Sept. 12, 1962, at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Almost seven years later, on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left the first human footprints in the Lunar dust. Note: The…
AVIATION WEEK President Tom Henricks Paints Optimistic Picture for Space, Despite Challenges
AVIATION WEEK President Tom Henricks opened the Space Foundation’s Space Business Forum: New York with a comprehensive overview of the space economy and the outlook for the future. The event, which was presented by the Space Foundation in association with Toffler Associates June 4 in New York City, examined the financial outlook and opportunities in…
Space Foundation Spends Summer Teaching Teachers to Teach Space
The Space Foundation’s summer is filled with rockets, cave-crawls, and swimming pool micrgravity simulations – all part of the various curricula for Space Discovery Institutes, which teach teachers how to use space to teach a broad range of subjects for elementary through high school sudents. The summer kicked off with two consecutive weeks at the University of…
Personal Spaceflight Spawns Suborbital Spaceports
Based on information excerpted from The Space Report 2009: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity. With the growing interest in personal spaceflight, several locations have been suggested for future suborbital spaceports. Since most of these proposed spaceports are still in early stages of conceptual development, here is a summary of two suborbital spaceport proposals…
Strategic Space Symposium Focuses on Global Space Strategy for On-the-Ground Combatant Operations
The Strategic Space Symposium, set for Nov. 2-4 , 2009, at the Qwest Center Omaha in Omaha, Neb., will offer space and defense professionals an unparalleled opportunity for education, interactive discussion, and exposure to the latest space operations technologies. Co-sponsored by the United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and the Space Foundation, the event is expected…
Where Were You?
As the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission approaches, the Space Foundation wants to know where you were and what you were thinking on the historic evening of July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong placed the first human footprint in the Lunar Dust (and took this historic picture of Buzz Aldrin, while Michael Collins…
New Space-Based Product Keeps Body Hydrated
In yet another example of the ways space inventions make life on Earth better, a Boulder, Colo., firm has launched a rehydration product that helps prevent loss of body fluids during heavy exercise, heat exposure and illness. Originally developed by NASA Ames Research Center to keep astronauts at peak performance during missions, the electrolyte concentrate…
Matching Grant from Ball Aerospace Makes Dual Award Possible for 2009 Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship
In May, the Space Foundation announced two winners of this year’s Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship. The 2009 recipients are: Jessica Kamalu, high school mathematics teacher at Ke Kula Kaiapuni ‘o Anuenue, Honolulu; and Rod Floro, sixth grade physical science teacher at Kamehameha Schools Middle School, Hawaii Campus, Keaau. “For the first time since the inception…