Spotlight
Don’t Miss It! Early Bird Deadline is March 18
The upcoming National Space Symposium is shaping up to be the most action- and content-packed in the event’s 27-year history. Long-recognized by attendees as the best networking opportunity in the business, the April 11-14 event offers: A superlative slate of speakers The Boeing Exhibit Center that now fills three halls plus a display showroom featuring…
Ambassador Schulte Will Speak at Symposium
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte, has joined the slate of featured speakers for the 27th National Space Symposium. Presented by the Space Foundation, the 27th National Space Symposium will be held April 11-14 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., and brings together all sectors of space…
Register now for Cyber 1.1
Space and cyberspace will intersect at the Space Foundation national conference, Cyber 1.1, to be held Monday, April 11, at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. This full-day conference takes place immediately before the official opening of the 27th National Space Symposium. Similar to last year’s Cyber 1.0 conference, but with updated information, Cyber…
Space Foundation Welcomes New Corporate Members
The Space Foundation’s cadre of corporate member companies has grown to 112. Corporate members choose from one of five levels of membership – which offer an increasing number of benefits per level. Key benefits include: Frequent public/industry recognition as a Space Foundation corporate member Notification of significant marketing and business development opportunities Information and reports on…
Apply for Lucy Enos Scholarship by April 15
There is still time for educators of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry or who work with pre-K-12 students of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry, to apply for the Space Foundation Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship. Each year, the Space Foundation provides professional development opportunities for a qualified Hawaiian educator through the Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship, which covers tuition,…
Space Foundation Promotes STEM Through STARS
The Space Foundation’s education programs support teachers and PreK-12 students with standards-based curriculum that integrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) into all content areas. One of its primary outreach programs is STARS (Science, Technology and Academic Readiness for Space), a hands-on science enrichment program for students based on participant schools’ specific academic needs. From…
Internet Provides Links to Space Information
This month’s space Internet links include: A Wall Street Journal article that shows that the “next generation will not be ready to be world-class inventors, doctors and engineers;” click here Information about the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award’s namesake from BBC News; click here; to read about the award, click here 3D images of the…
Space Foundation Presents at ISU Symposium
Each year, the International Space University (ISU) organizes a three-day symposium addressing a topical theme from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. These symposia attract audiences of around 200 members of the space sector from agencies, industry and academia worldwide. The theme of this year’s 15th ISU Annual International Symposium was “The International Space Station: Maximizing…
Budget Request Proposes Freeze, Affects NASA, NOAA
President Barack Obama released his FY 2012 budget request to Congress on Feb. 14, proposing a freeze on non-security discretionary spending, which includes funds for NASA and NOAA. The $18.7 billion requested to fund NASA is the same amount the agency received in 2010 and is currently operating under. The Space Foundation’s analysis of the…
DoD Releases National Security Space Strategy
On Feb. 4 the Department of Defense (DoD) released its long-awaited 10-year National Security Space Strategy (NSSS), which, according to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, “represents a significant departure from past practice” with a pragmatic approach to maintain advantages derived from space while confronting the new challenges of an increasingly “congested, contested and competitive” space…