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Articles Outline Chinese Space Program
AVIATION WEEK has published two articles on the Chinese space program and details of the historic Space Foundation delegation visit to China’s manned spaceflight facilities and its meetings with leaders of China’s human spaceflight program. An article by delegation member Frank Morring, Jr., published Oct. 9 gives a rare look at China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch…
The Space Report: Space Offers Lucrative Jobs
According to The Space Report 2009: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity, America’s space industry is widely dispersed, with 40 states and the District of Columbia reporting employment in at least one of the six core space industry segments. Space industry wages were highest in Washington, D.C., with an annual average of $113,738, compared…
Strategic Space Symposium Attracts a Crowd
The Strategic Space Symposium is attracting more than 1,800 people to the Qwest Center Omaha in Omaha, Neb., Nov. 2-4, with a program that covers a broad range of space issues from the warfighter’s perspective. An impressive group of speakers from the military, Department of Defense, U.S. and allied government, and industry are speaking on a variety of topics, including space…
26th National Space Symposium Promises to Be Best
There is already a buzz in the air about the 26th National Space Symposium. Scheduled for April 12-15 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., the 2010 event may just be the biggest and best ever held. The Exhibit Center – always a mind-boggling array of the latest space technology – is sold out…
New Home for Space Foundation Education Team
The Space Foundation is solidifying its position as one of the nation’s premier space-focused education providers with the establishment of the new Space Foundation Discovery Institute on the campus of the Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Space Foundation Discovery Institute provides space- and aerospace-themed professional development, training, and support for teachers…
Space Foundation Says Keep ISS Going
A Space Foundation white paper issued this fall strongly recommends that the United States keep the International Space Station (ISS) functioning until at least 2020 and beyond, if possible. The recommendation is the key message of a Space Foundation white paper, The International Space Station: Decision 2015, that argues for continued U.S. involvement to further scientific…
Space-Related Activity on the Rise
On Oct. 22, after months of deliberations, the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee released its final report. Among lawmakers there has been strong bi-partisan consensus that the current U.S. human space flight program is on an unsustainable trajectory that needs increased funding. However, lawmakers continue to debate the report’s prospective paths going…
Lawmakers Gain Insight into Chinese Space Program
The Space Foundation Government Affairs team spent a large portion of October debriefing space policy decision-makers on the Space Foundation-led mission to Chinese space facilities, which offered helpful insight into the future of Chinese human space flight initiatives. Led by Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham, the Space Foundation delegation comprised former shuttle astronaut and AVIATION…
SGAC Publishes Vision for the Next Decade
The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), a non-governmental organization that represents students and young space professionals to the United Nations, member countries, and space agencies, has released a report that outlines a youth vision of the “spacescape” in the next decade. The Youth Space Vision for the Next Decade: Looking Back to Look Forward includes…
Space Foundation a Hit at IAC
Space Foundation Research Analyst Mariel John presented two papers at the 60th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Oct. 12-16, in Daejeon, South Korea. Both papers – Space Activities in Developing Nations: Contributions to Capacity Building and Innovation and Remote Sensing for Disease Prevention in Nigeria – focused on Nigeria as a case study for the positive impact space activity can…