Spotlight
Elachi Named Recipient of 2011 Hill Award
Charles Elachi, Ph.D., director of the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) and vice president of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., is the 2011 General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award recipient. He will be honored at the 27th National Space Symposium next April in Colorado Springs, Colo. As the Space Foundation’s highest honor,…
Shepard Award Winner to Speak At KSC
2009 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award recipient Rick Soria, who is an assistant principal at Choctawhatchee (Florida) High School and co-chairman of Okaloosa County’s Engineers for America program, will be one of five speakers at the 25th anniversary ceremony to honor the seven astronauts who died in the Challenger Space Shuttle explosion. The nationally televised…
Child Prodigy to Open Symposium
Following through on its mission to inspire the next generation, the 27th National Space Symposium will open with a performance by nine-year-old piano prodigy Ethan Bortnick. “Ethan epitomizes the promise of his generation,” said Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham. “He is talented, creative and caring. His performance supports the Space Foundation’s mission to inspire, enable and…
Futron Satellite Study Shows Transition
The 2010 Futron Forecast of Global Demand for Satellite Services, released last month, presents a picture of an industry in transition, showing solid continued growth with a range of possible futures, and success dependent on the willingness of satellite operators to innovate in the way they buy and sell satellite capacity and in how they…
Internet Offers Space Information, Entertainment
There are lots of great links to space information and entertainment on the Internet. Here’s a sampling: Hear Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham’s Nov. 12 interview on The American Entreprenuer Radio, a daily, three-hour call-in talk show hosted by Ron Morris targeted at entrepreneurs and business people. Click here. See Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D., honorary member…
Stevens Participates in Space Policy Debate
University of Colorado (CU) Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) heard experts, including Space Foundation Vice President – Marketing and Communications Janet Stevens, discuss the globalization, commercialization and politicization of space at the third annual CU Space Policy Debate last month in Boulder, Colo. The debate panel included, in addition to Stevens:…
ISU Symposium Will Focus on ISS
Each year, the International Space University (ISU) holds a three-day symposium addressing a topical theme from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. The theme for next year is The International Space Station: Maximizing the Return from Extended Operations. The interdisciplinary international forum will bring together users and providers of space-related systems to discuss opportunities and possibilities…
Pulham Speaks at GWU Symposium
Space Foundation CEO Elliot Pulham attended the George Washington University Space Policy Institute and Trachtenberg School symposium, From Vision to Execution: Implementing U.S. Space Policy, on Oct. 29. He spoke on the panel, “Implementation Issues and U.S. Industry,” along with fellow panelists: Marion C. Blakey, president and chief executive officer of the Aerospace Industries Association;…
Space Foundation Plays Role in Agencies Summit
The Space Foundation was right in the middle of a historic gathering of international space agencies Nov. 17 in Washington, D.C. The International Academy of Astronautics Heads of Space Agencies Summit was an unprecedented gathering of more than 300 world leaders, academicians and space experts, including the heads of 30 space agencies from around the world – from…
Midterm Elections Change Space Assignments
As a result of the midterm elections in November, there will be at least 93 new Representatives and 16 new Senators in the 112th Congress. Republicans picked up at least 60 seats in the House of Representatives, enough to give them the majority in the 112th Congress. In the Senate, Republicans picked up six seats to…