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Space Watch: August 2009 (Volume: 8, Issue: 8)
The View From Here We Must Renew Investment in Space Spotlight Apollo 11 Stories: Hope, Inspiration, Awe and Pride Apollo 11 Recollections #1 Apollo 11 Recollections #2 Apollo 11 Recollections #3 Apollo 11 Recollections #4 Apollo 11 Recollections #5 Apollo 11 Recollections #6 Apollo 11 Recollections #7 Apollo 11 Recollections #8 Apollo 11 Recollections #9…
Read MoreWe Must Renew Investment in Space
This month’s The View from Here is a reprint of a letter sent to Norman Augustine, chairman of the Review of U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans Committee from Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Pulham. The committee, which comprises a broad spectrum of space experts and was chartered by President Barack Obama, has been charged with…
Read MoreApollo 11 Stories: Hope, Inspiration, Awe and Pride
During July, the Space Foundation asked our Space Watch readers, staff members, friends, and colleagues to tell us where they were on July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon (Crewmate Michael Collins piloted the Command Module during the historic mission). We were overwhelmed…
Read MoreApollo 11 Recollections #1
Inspiration Didn’t Require Observation Well at that time, I wasn’t born yet, but I was inspired when I first heard it when I was nine years old. My parents were in the Philippines when that special amazing event happened. – Christopher Adan G.Calubaquib, Jr. Will Always Remember Parents’ Excitement All the neighbor kids were outside…
Read MorePWR's Maser Calls for Space Roadmap
Jim Maser, president of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR), speaking last month at a Space Foundation Correspondents Group breakfast in Washington, D.C., said that the U.S. needs a long-term vision for space to allow industry to better align human resources and research and development dollars with government plans. He said the unstable and discontinuous nature…
Read MoreSpace: Bedrock of U.S. Economic, Strategic Power
Space “is the bedrock of America’s economic and strategic power,” but the U.S. government needs to improve the acquisition of space systems in order to maximize the benefits of space investment. This was part of the feedback Space Foundation Board member Patti Grace Smith gave to the House Committee on Science and Technology’s Subcommittee on…
Read MoreLetter Urges Obama to Modernize Export Controls
The Space Foundation is among 14 organizations signing a July 13 letter to President Barack Obama encouraging U.S. export control modernization to improve the United States’ technological competitiveness. The Coalition for Security and Competitiveness, which was formed in 2007 to draw attention to the need for fundamental export control modernization, asked the president to “adopt…
Read MoreWashington Abuzz with Space Activity
On July 28, the Space Foundation, in partnership with the National Defense Industrial Association, held the second Space Power Lecture Series breakfast of the year, with Dr. Peter Wegner, director of the Operationally Responsive Space Office, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., as the featured speaker. Dr. Wegner spoke to an audience of Congressional members and…
Read MoreSpace Foundation Applauds NASA Confirmations
On July 15, Major General Charles Bolden, USMC (Ret.) was confirmed as the 12th NASA Administrator and Lori Garver was confirmed as NASA Deputy Administrator. Both began their new positions on July 17. “Charlie Bolden is an American hero who brings deep NASA knowledge and experience, and unsurpassed leadership skills to the key position of…
Read MoreDr. Peter Wegner Speaks at Space Power Lecture
Dr. Peter Wegner, director of the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., addressed an audience of 62 government and industry leaders and Congressional members and their staffs at a Space Power Lecture Breakfast July 28 in Washington, D.C. The breakfast was jointly sponsored by the Space Foundation and the National Defense…
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