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Colorado Springs Business Journal Writes on Pioneering
Colorado Springs Business Journal reporter Amy Gillentine spoke with Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham last month about PIONEERING: Sustaining U.S. Leadership in Space. The resulting article, published Jan. 31, quotes both supporters and detractors of the report. In the interview, Pulham talked about the process of socializing the report and the reaction from the space community: “For…
Read MoreGen. Kehler Will Provide Military Perspective as Corporate Partnership Dinner Speaker
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 4, 2013) – Gen. C. Robert Kehler, USAF, commander, U.S. Strategic Command, is this year’s featured speaker at the 29th National Space Symposium Corporate Partnership Dinner, co-sponsored by Raytheon. The dinner will be held April 9 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. A key event at the annual Space…
Read MoreSpace Watch: February 2013 (Volume: 12, Issue: 2)
The View From Here A Sea Monster in Colorado Springs? Second View 10 Years After Columbia – NASA’s Direction and Uncertain Future Space Symposium 29th National Space Symposium to Feature NASA Administrator Smash Mouth will Launch 29th National Space Symposium Opening Ceremony Hotels Are Filling Up; Reserve Now! Top News NASA Mars Science Laboratory Mission…
Read MoreA Sea Monster in Colorado Springs?
QUESTION: What weighs 21,000 pounds, lives at the bottom of the sea and is on its way to a new life in Colorado Springs? ANSWER: NASA’s Scott Carpenter Station underwater habitat. The Scott Carpenter Station is an underwater habitat system that was used to demonstrate and teach about life support concepts for space missions, including…
Read More10 Years After Columbia – NASA's Direction and Uncertain Future
This February marks the 10th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy. One of the more subtly powerful observations to come out of the investigation by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board was a discussion of issues related to organizational culture. A supplement to the report noted that, absent fundamental changes to NASA’s organizational culture, NASA…
Read More29th National Space Symposium to Feature NASA Administrator
NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr., will return to the Space Foundation’s annual Space Symposium, April 8-11 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., and will discuss what’s in store for his agency’s future. About BoldenBolden’s 34-year Marine Corps career included 14 years with NASA’s Astronaut Office, both as an astronaut and in a number of…
Read MoreLinda Garrison is New Director – Development
The Space Foundation welcomes a new director – development. Linda Garrison, CFRE, brings more than 20 years of nonprofit experience in management, board development, fundraising, public relations and prospect research. She was most recently interim director of development at the Colorado “I Have A Dream”© Foundation. Previously, she was director of campaigns and major gifts at…
Read MoreBrookings Institution Colorado Space Report Event to Feature Hickenlooper
The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program, in partnership with the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation and the Colorado Space Coalition – will hold a half-day event from 9:00-11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at the History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, Denver, focused on the best ways to advance…
Read MoreMIT Interns Assist with The Space Report 2013
Two students from the MIT Externship Program spent their winter Independent Activity Period between fall and spring semesters as interns at the Space Foundation’s Washington, D.C., office. In addition to exposure to government affairs and space policy activities, they assisted with the production of the soon-to-be-published The Space Report 2013. The two interns are: Claire…
Read MoreCommittees with Space Jurisdiction Change Leadership
The opening of the 113th Congress welcomed 84 new members to the House of Representatives and 14 to the Senate. Several committees with jurisdiction over space saw changes to their leadership: Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) replaced Congressman Ralph Hall (R-TX) as the chairman of the House Science, Space, & Technology Committee due to term limits.…
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