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Space Watch: August 2013 (Volume: 12, Issue: 8)
The View From Here Government Must Understand the Travel Effect Second View Improving Our Lives on Earth Through Space Top News Space Foundation Releases New White Paper – Weather Satellites: Critical Technology in an Uncertain Environment Summer of Discovery July Highlights at the Space Foundation Discovery Center Education STEM Lessons for Early Childhood Education Jami…
Government Must Understand the Travel Effect
The U.S. Travel Association last week released its report on the unintended consequences of the U.S. government’s off-target, ham-fisted crackdown on government employee travel – revealing that our political leaders have placed in jeopardy some 340,000 American jobs and $24.4 billion in economic activity, without actually saving any taxpayer dollars. In fact, the current anti-travel…
Improving Our Lives on Earth Through Space
This month’s Second View is by Space Foundation Vice President – Operations Art Ratkewicz. Sometimes progress is measured laterally, not just vertically. This “spread” of technological development occurred to me after remembering a talk with one of my grandmothers. She was awestruck by the advances she had witnessed, from the first automobiles taking to the…
Space Foundation Releases New White Paper – Weather Satellites: Critical Technology in an Uncertain Environment
A new white paper by Space Foundation Research Analyst Dr. Mariel Borowitz provides an overview of U.S. weather satellite systems and their benefits, as well as a list of recommendations to help ensure that the United States maintains this critical technology. Weather Satellites: Critical Technology in an Uncertain Environment was released July 23 at a luncheon presentation…
South Korean College Students Tour Discovery Center
Twenty honor students from Yeungjin College in Daegu, South Korea, toured the Space Foundation Discovery Center in July as part of a week-long program called Global Leaders Exploration to the United States. The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was instrumental in bringing them to Colorado Springs and to the Space Foundation for the visit.…
Space Across the Curriculum Provided to Maryland Educators
For the seventh consecutive year, the Space Foundation provided Space Across the Curriculum professional development courses for Charles County (Md.) Public Schools teachers during July. This year, four courses were offered through a partnership with the district. The courses and the number of teachers enrolled included: PreK-2 Early Childhood Space Exploration (21 teachers)This course provides…
The Drive SunShine Institute is a Space Foundation Certification Program Partner
The Space Foundation has certified the Drive SunShine Institute (DSI) as a Certified Educational Products partner for its efforts in supporting a green environment and clean air educational technology. DSI promotes the use of alternative fuels such as wind and solar that, like the battery technology found in their automobiles, can be traced from technology…
Last Chance to Submit Nominations for Space Technology Hall of Fame 2014 Induction
Aug. 31 is the deadline to submit a nomination for induction into the prestigious Space Technology Hall of Fame® in 2014. This international program honors innovations by organizations and individuals who transform space technology into commercial products that improve life on Earth. Nomination information, including a downloadable nomination form, is available here. Anyone can submit…
Space Foundation Index Performance Second Quarter 2013
The second quarter of 2013 saw sustained, but slowing, growth in every index except for the Space Foundation Infrastructure Index, which led the way with 7.75 percent growth (double its first quarter growth) as can be seen in Exhibit 1. For the first half of the year, the five tracked indexes performed fairly evenly, within…
Borowitz Presents at Secure World Foundation Event
Space Foundation Research Analyst Dr. Mariel Borowitz was a featured panelist at the Secure World Foundation event on July 15, Earth Observation Satellite Data-Sharing: Policies and Partnerships. About 70 people attended the discussion, held at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., including academics and representatives from the Canadian and French embassies and from…