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Space Watch: Februrary 2010 (Volume: 9, Issue: 2)
The View From Here President’s NASA Budget Proposal Signals Big Changes Spotlight Great 4 Days: 26th National Space Symposium Hill Award Goes to John Young Space Technology Hall of Fame® Inductees Named Nimoy Wins Morrow Award New Event Studies Cyberspace Muilenburg to Provide Industry Perspective Symposium Features NRO Head Carlson Co-Sponsors Make Symposium Bigger, Better…
President's NASA Budget Proposal Signals Big Changes
It’s not going to be business as usual. That is perhaps the only definitive thing we can say about President Obama’s FY 2011 NASA proposal, released on Feb. 1. The proposal calls for completing the current Space Shuttle mission schedule even if it slips into 2011, canceling the Constellation program and scuttling plans to return…
Great 4 Days: 26th National Space Symposium
You have just a few days to get the best deal ever on the best four days you’ll spend this year. For four days in April, you’ll witness the largest gathering of space professionals in the world: the 26th National Space Symposium, April 12-15 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. You’ll visit the…
Hill Award Goes to John Young
The Space Foundation Board of Directors has selected former Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle Astronaut CAPT John Young, USN (Retired), for the Foundation’s highest honor – the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award. The award will be presented at a special luncheon event on Wednesday, April 14, 2010, during the 26th National Space…
Space Technology Hall of Fame® Inductees Named
Lenses that protect human eyes from solar radiation and digital fly-by-wire technology that significantly improves the fuel efficiency, reliability, and cost of modern aircraft have been selected for induction into the Space Technology Hall of Fame®, which honors outstanding technologies developed for use in space that have been adapted to improve life on Earth. Eagle…
Levin Appointed to Defense Board
Space Foundation Board of Directors treasurer Lon Levin has been appointed by the Department of Defense (DoD) to serve as a member of the 2010 Defense Business Board. The Defense Business Board, a federal advisory board, conducts studies and provides the secretary and deputy secretary of defense advice on best business practices as they pertain to the…
Space Foundation Partners Team Up in India
GMV, a private, multinational firm headquartered in Madrid, has been awarded a contract with Raytheon to develop a prototype algorithm for India’s new satellite-based civil aviation navigation system. The Global Positioning Satellite-Aided Geosynchronous Augmented Navigation System (GAGAN), which was developed by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Airports Authority of India, will give…
Washington Report
In January, President Barack Obama’s administration continued to move forward on efforts to review and reform policies in civil, commercial, and defense space. On Dec. 21, Obama signed Presidential Study Directive 8, directing his administration to recommend steps leading to an overhaul of the United States export control regime by no later than Jan. 29.…
Space is Making Us Green
Satellites provide a wide perspective of Earth that cannot be replicated in any other way. Industries involved in energy, resources, and environmental management are benefiting from developments in satellite technology and services. The following is an edited excerpt from the Space Foundation’s The Space Report: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity that demonstrates the…
Industry Group Issues Export Recommendations
The Coalition for Security and Competitiveness last month released its recommendations for modernizing U.S. export controls. The Space Foundation is among the 14 organizations participating in the effort to improve United States’ technological competitiveness by adopting new policies to govern U.S. export controls and new administrative regulations and procedures to streamline export licensing and compliance requirements.…