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Podcast Available of Radio Panel on Space Committee Report; Pulham Participates
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 6, 2009) — Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham participated with other space experts in an Oct. 5 Internet radio panel discussion about the potential implications of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee report, which is expected to be released later this month. The discussion on The…
Read MoreNRO Director Carlson to be Featured Speaker at Strategic Space Symposium Keynote Luncheon
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 5, 2009) — National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Director and retired Air Force General Bruce A. Carlson will be the featured speaker at the Strategic Space Symposium Keynote Luncheon, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at the Qwest Center Omaha in Omaha, Neb. Presented through a Space Foundation/United States Strategic…
Read MoreSpace Watch: October 2009 (Volume: 8, Issue: 10)
The View From Here Landmark Tour of China’s Space Operations Opens a New Book Spotlight Register Now for Strategic Space Symposium Symposium Offers Powerful General Session Speakers Track Sessions to Explore Strategy, Solutions Strategic Space Symposium Sponsors Shine Space News will Keep Attendees in the Know Toffler Black and White Paper Calls for Space Unity…
Read MoreLandmark Tour of China's Space Operations Opens a New Book
You cannot open a book without learning something – Confucius If there’s a place in the world that we Americans still have much to learn about, it is China. As I write this column, I have just returned from leading a small delegation of U.S. space executives on a one-week mission to tour China’s manned spaceflight…
Read MoreSpace Foundation Unveils Enhanced Education Site
Space Foundation education program information and resources are now easier to find and access at an enhanced redesigned website, found by clicking the Education tab at www.SpaceFoundation.org or by going directly to www.SpaceFoundation.org/Education/index.php. Featuring appealing graphics and easy navigation, the new site gives teachers and students user-friendly access to the education resources of the Space Foundation, and easy-to-use online registration for a wide…
Read MoreField Day Incorporates STEM Lessons
The annual field day at Freedom Elementary School in Colorado Springs took on a new light this year when the Space Foundation presented workshops on sunlight to more than 250 children in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. In addition to the usual outdoor field day games, children learned about basic principles of light through…
Read MoreTeachers Receive NASA Moon Materials Training
In September, the Space Foundation Discovery Institute at the Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy in Colorado Springs conducted a workshop for about 15 Colorado Springs School District 11 teachers so they could become certified to borrow lunar and meteorite samples from NASA. Colorado Springs educators from the Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy, Galileo School of Mathematics and…
Read MoreD.C. Awaits Full Space Flight Commission Report
As we proceed into the autumn, much of the focus of the space policy community in Washington, D.C., has been absorbing and digesting the recently released Executive Summary report from the committee on the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans. Both the House of Representatives and Senate have already held oversight hearings on the…
Read MoreSpace Growth Can Build Overall National Capacity
Creating a locally grown space program could be a key to development and growth for low-income countries, according to one of two papers being presented this month by Space Foundation Research Analyst Mariel John at the 60th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Daejeon, South Korea. Using the Nigerian space program as a case study, John looked at the…
Read MoreSpace Could Stop Epidemics
One of two papers presented by Space Foundation Research Analyst Mariel John this month at the 60th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Daejeon, South Korea, examines the technical, programmatic, and political requirements for implementing an operational program to use remote sensing for disease prevention in Nigeria. With a fast-growing economy and a population of more…
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