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Space Watch: September 2011 (Volume: 10, Issue: 9)
The View From Here The View From Here: On Stranger Tides Spotlight What’s Space Got to Do With It? Space Foundation Headed for AMOS Conference Student Art Contest to Launch Soon Astronaut Good Joins Heroes at Festival Psoria‐Shield™ Launches Psoria‐Light™ Space Foundation Honoree Gets JPL Slot Eagle Eyes Sponsors Beautiful Eyes Contest Space Certification Partner…
Read MoreThe View From Here: On Stranger Tides
Had Scotsman Charles Darwin traveled through time, overshot the Galapagos Islands and splashed upon the shores of the Potomac in 2011, I’m not so sure the theory of evolution would have ever occurred to him. How would Darwin have catalogued the behavior of the elected leadership of a supposedly intelligent species engaged in the existential…
Read MoreWhat's Space Got to Do With It?
Most people don’t have a clue about how much of their daily lives are improved by space innovations… stuff that was originally developed to complete space missions, safely launch rockets, keep astronauts healthy, make routine tasks possible in microgravity, conduct complex experiments … now used to make us safer, healthier, more comfortable and more efficient.…
Read MoreSpace Foundation Headed for AMOS Conference
The Space Foundation is emphasizing the future of space with programs at the 12th Annual Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference in Maui, Hawai’i. Involvement includes a reception for young space professionals and education programs for teachers and students. In addition, Space Foundation Vice President — Washington Operations Brendan Curry is on the…
Read MoreStudent Art Contest to Launch Soon
Watch the Space Foundation website – www.SpaceFoundation.org – for an announcement later this month with details of how to enter the Space Foundation Student Art Contest. The theme for 2012 is Space is Infinite – Explore! Here are some basic details; full details will be available Sept. 12: The contest is open to students in…
Read MoreRatkewicz Promoted to Operations Post
Art Ratkewicz, formerly Space Foundation manager – cyber initiatives, has been promoted to a new position of senior director – operations, reporting to Space Foundation Chief Operating Officer Chuck Zimkas. In his new role, Ratkewicz has a broad range of responsibilities, including customer service, logistics, facilities management and event management, including overseeing all of the operational aspects…
Read MoreSpace Foundation Adds Education Programs Assistant
The Space Foundation has added a new team member at the Space Foundation Discovery Institute in Colorado Springs. Cheryl Ledford has been hired as education programs assistant, with responsibility for managing a broad array of adminsitrative duties for the Space Foundation’s education programs, including its Space Across the Curriciulum classes. Ledford’s education experience includes teaching elementary school in Deerfield, Lakin…
Read MoreWhere to Learn About Cybersecurity
The Space Foundation’s cyber expert Art Ratkewicz recently spoke to teachers enrolled in Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum professional development courses. The teachers were greatly interested in learning more about cybersecurity, so Ratkewicz provided this article for Space Watch. During a recent cyberspace discussion with technology teachers involved in the Space Foundation’s Space Across the…
Read MoreNASA Consolidates Human Spaceflight
NASA has officially consolidated its human spaceflight activities, including the International Space Station (ISS), deep space exploration and commercial cargo- and crew-transport operations, into the new Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate. Previously NASA’s human spaceflight activities were spread between the Space Operations Mission Directorate and Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. Former NASA Space Operations Associate…
Read MoreCongress to Resume Funding Discussions
Congress is out of session for the month of August, but is returning at the beginning of this month to continue work on many unfinished appropriation bills, including some that fund the Department of Defense, NASA and NOAA. When Congress returns in September it will take up several appropriation bills, including some that fund NASA, NOAA and…
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