Report from Headquarters
Year in Review: National Space Symposium
The following is part of a series of six Space Watch articles reporting on Space Foundation activities and accomplishments in 2010. You can read them all in this issue. To download a copy of the full report, click here. The 26th National Space Symposium, held in April in Colorado Springs, broke all attendance records – and,…
Year in Review: Even More Accomplishments for 2011
The following is part of a series of six Space Watch articles reporting on Space Foundation activities and accomplishments in 2010. You can read them all in this issue. To download a copy of the full report, click here. Steady, continuous growth helped the Space Foundation reach a milestone in 2010, when the number of corporate…
Space Foundation Issues Reports
The Senate Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee held a hearing on Transition and Implementation in December: The NASA Authorization Act of 2010. The hearing was the first NASA oversight hearing since President Barack Obama signed the NASA Authorization Act of 2010 into law. Senators told NASA and the Obama Administration they would take the necessary…
Outlast Develops First Climate-Regulating Polyester Fiber with Phase Change Material; Not Too Hot and Not Too Cold
HEIDENHEIM, Germany (Dec. 31, 2010) – Outlast Technologies broadens its product offering by maintaining a steady pace of innovation. After intensive research and development, Outlast Technologies, Inc., Boulder/Colorado, the market leader in temperature regulating phase change materials (PCMs), is pleased to announce the introduction of Outlast® polyester fiber. This announcement comes just four years after…
Aerojet Propulsion Remains Operational as Voyager 1 Approaches Interstellar Space
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Dec. 23, 2010) – Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, celebrates NASA’s recent announcement that Voyager 1 has reached a point at the edge of our solar system where there is no outward motion of solar wind. Now approximately 10.8 billion miles from the sun, Voyager 1’s passage through the heliosheath, the turbulent…
So may it be…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 17, 2010) — “So may it be; let us hope that the advent of a successful flying machine…will bring nothing but good into the world; that it shall abridge distance, make all parts of the globe accessible, bring men into closer relation with each other, advance civilisation, and hasten the promised…
Overview of Space-Related Provisions in H.R. 6523 Available
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 17, 2010) — The Space Foundation has posted a document that highlights space-related provisions in the proposed Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 in the exact language from H.R. 6523, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011. To read or download a copy, click here.
Ratkewicz Joins Space Foundation as Manager of Cyber Initiatives
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 15, 2010) — Recognizing the increasingly important role of the cyber domain and how it relates to the needs and missions of corporate and military customers, the Colorado Springs-based Space Foundation has hired cyberspace expert Art Ratkewicz to fill a new manager – cyber initiatives position. “With his extensive breadth and…
Space Technology Makes Us the Envy of the Universe
Space exploration and development have produced remarkable products that make life on Earth better, safer, more eco-friendly, healthier and more fun. Healthcare, communications, travel and entertainment; all benefit directly from technology originally developed or improved for space exploration. Technologies developed to get us “out there” come home to make life better right here on Earth and…
Rocky Mountain Tracking Offering Free Holiday Shipping
FORT COLLINS, Colo., (Dec. 10, 2010) – Rocky Mountain Tracking has a special holiday gift in store for customers who purchase a minimum of $100 of RMT products. From now until December 25th, receive free ground shipping on all U.S. orders by entering the discount shopping code: FreeShip. This discount also applies to orders that…