The View From Here
The Words that Launched Apollo As Relevant as Ever
This month, people around the world will be marking the 40th anniversary of the United States landing Apollo 11 on the moon. We are seeing advertising for a special exhibition at the JFK library, a new rap video put together by Snoop Dog and Buzz Aldrin, and observances are planned by NASA, the Smithsonian and…
We Choose to Go to the Moon . . . not Because that will be Easy, but Because it will be Hard.
Following is President John F. Kennedy’s historic speech about his plan to put a man on the Moon within 10 years. It was delivered Sept. 12, 1962, at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Almost seven years later, on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left the first human footprints in the Lunar dust. Note: The…
AVIATION WEEK President Tom Henricks Paints Optimistic Picture for Space, Despite Challenges
AVIATION WEEK President Tom Henricks opened the Space Foundation’s Space Business Forum: New York with a comprehensive overview of the space economy and the outlook for the future. The event, which was presented by the Space Foundation in association with Toffler Associates June 4 in New York City, examined the financial outlook and opportunities in…
Space Foundation Spends Summer Teaching Teachers to Teach Space
The Space Foundation’s summer is filled with rockets, cave-crawls, and swimming pool micrgravity simulations – all part of the various curricula for Space Discovery Institutes, which teach teachers how to use space to teach a broad range of subjects for elementary through high school sudents. The summer kicked off with two consecutive weeks at the University of…
Personal Spaceflight Spawns Suborbital Spaceports
Based on information excerpted from The Space Report 2009: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity. With the growing interest in personal spaceflight, several locations have been suggested for future suborbital spaceports. Since most of these proposed spaceports are still in early stages of conceptual development, here is a summary of two suborbital spaceport proposals…
Space Foundation Participates in United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Meeting
The Space Foundation participated as a Private Sector Advisor as part of the United States delegation to the 52d. Meeting of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), held June 3-12 at the United Nations Office in Vienna, Austria. Established as a permanent committee in 1959 with just 24 members,…
Thank You to Space Business Forum: New York Supporters!
The Space Foundation sends a special THANK YOU to the sponsors that supported Space Business Forum: New York, presented by the Space Foundation in association with Toffler Associates, on June 4 in New York City: Toffler Associates AVIATION WEEK Braxton Technologies, LLC GMV Space Systems Inc. ISDR Consulting Lockheed Martin Near Earth, LLC “We…
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Report from Washington
On June 24, the Space Foundation, in partnership with the Secure World Foundation, hosted a discussion and briefing on space weapons for congressional staff. See related story in this issue of Space Watch. On June 17, the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, chartered to examine NASA’s human spaceflight plans and programs, held…
Space Foundation to Co-Sponsor Global Space Development Summit
Participants at this fall’s 2nd Global Space Development Summit, organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in partnership with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Space Foundation and the Chinese Society for Astronautics, will examine critical developments on issues of space exploration and Earth observations. Scheduled for Nov. 12-13 in Washington,…